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Muhammad Asad

1900 - 1992

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Muhammad Asad (born Leopold Weiss; 2 July 1900 – 20 February 1992) was an Austro-Hungarian Muslim polymath, born in modern day Ukraine. He worked as a journalist, traveler, writer, political theorist, and diplomat. His translation of the Quran in English, "The Message of The Qur'an" (1980) is one of the most notable of his works. In Asad's words in "The Message of the Quran": "the work which I am now placing before the public is based on a lifetime of study and of many years spent in Arabia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Muhammad Asad is the 19th most popular political scientist (down from 18th in 2019), the 260th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 315th in 2019) and the most popular Ukrainian Political Scientist.

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Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS

Among political scientists, Muhammad Asad ranks 19 out of 46. Before him are Joseph Nye, Leonard Hobhouse, Maurice Duverger, John Mearsheimer, David Easton, and Gene Sharp. After him are Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut, Graham Allison, Karine Jean-Pierre, Rahime Perestu Sultan, Ilan Pappé, and Arend Lijphart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Muhammad Asad ranks 93. Before him are Camille Chamoun, Marc Allégret, Bluma Zeigarnik, Hassan Fathy, Fulcanelli, and Ernst Busch. After him are Wilhelm Rediess, George Antheil, Lorenzo Fernández, Valko Chervenkov, Eduardo De Filippo, and Franziska Donner. Among people deceased in 1992, Muhammad Asad ranks 76. Before him are Gavriil Ilizarov, Koča Popović, Väinö Linna, Jânio Quadros, Albert King, and Isidro Lángara. After him are Frederick William Franz, Dick York, Stella Adler, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Arpad Elo, and Franziska Donner.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Muhammad Asad ranks 260 out of 1,365. Before him are Otto Struve (1897), Viacheslav Chornovil (1937), Adam Zagajewski (1945), Ida Kamińska (1899), Samuel Noah Kramer (1897), and Konstanty Ostrogski (1460). After him are Solomiya Krushelnytska (1872), Vsevolod II of Kiev (1104), Sergey Gorshkov (1910), Erwin Chargaff (1905), Valerii Zaluzhnyi (1973), and Igor Markevitch (1912).

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Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS In Ukraine

Among political scientists born in Ukraine, Muhammad Asad ranks 1. 

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