RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr

1935 - 1980

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Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (Arabic: محمد باقر الصدر, romanized: Muḥammad Bāqir al-Ṣadr; 1 March 1935 – 9 April 1980), also known as al-Shahid al-Khamis (Arabic: الشهيد الخامس, romanized: al-Shahīd al-Khāmis, lit. 'the fifth martyr'), was an Iraqi Islamic scholar, philosopher, and the ideological founder of the Islamic Dawa Party. He was the father-in-law to Muqtada al-Sadr, a cousin of Muhammad Sadiq al-Sadr and Musa al-Sadr. His father Haydar al-Sadr was a well-respected high-ranking Shi'a cleric. His lineage can be traced back to Muhammad through the seventh Shia Imam Musa al-Kazim. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr is the 1,584th most popular religious figure (down from 1,123rd in 2019), the 203rd most popular biography from Iraq (down from 166th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Iraqi Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr ranks 1,584 out of 3,187. Before him are Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri, Julian of Antioch, Didacus of Alcalá, Elizabeth Hesselblad, Filaret, and Scipione Rebiba. After him are Benno, Saint Kilian, Juan de Zumárraga, Acacius of Caesarea, Pope Timothy I of Alexandria, and Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr ranks 134. Before him are Yola Ramírez, Franco Citti, Brian Clough, Marc Augé, Sergei Khrushchev, and Ken Kercheval. After him are Djamila Bouhired, Chaim Topol, Jerry Fodor, Kurt Westergaard, Inger Christensen, and Charles Grodin. Among people deceased in 1980, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr ranks 90. Before him are Ida Kamińska, Marino Marini, Valko Chervenkov, Sergey Taboritsky, Olga Chekhova, and Katia Mann. After him are Zygmunt Berling, John Mauchly, Friedrich Hossbach, Héctor José Cámpora, Alf Sjöberg, and Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr ranks 203 out of 384. Before him are Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid (948), Dawud al-Zahiri (815), Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid (882), Alulim (null), Aphrahat (280), and Nadira (1932). After him are Abu Omar al-Baghdadi (1959), Shalmaneser IV (-900), Uday Hussein (1964), Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (1940), Manishtushu (null), and Shar-Kali-Sharri (null).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iraq

Among religious figures born in Iraq, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr ranks 24. Before him are Abo of Tiflis (756), Dinkha IV (1935), Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (1931), Suhayb ar-Rumi (587), Ahmad al-Rifaʽi (1118), and Dawud al-Zahiri (815). After him are An Shigao (101), Emmanuel III Delly (1927), Lipit-Ishtar (-1890), Nahor, son of Terah (null), Al-Baqillani (950), and Bashar ibn Burd (714).

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