RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni

864 - 941

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Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq al-Kulaynī ar-Rāzī (Persian: محمد بن یعقوب بن اسحاق کلینی رازی; Arabic: أَبُو جَعْفَر مُحَمَّد ٱبْن يَعْقُوب ٱبْن إِسْحَاق ٱلْكُلَيْنِيّ ٱلرَّازِيّ; c. 250 AH/864 CE – 329 AH/941 CE) was a Persian Shia hadith collector. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni is the 1,378th most popular religious figure (down from 918th in 2019), the 201st most popular biography from Iran (down from 152nd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni ranks 1,378 out of 3,187. Before him are Saichō, Barsanuphius, Dominik Duka, Shinran, Ignatius IV of Antioch, and Shamgar. After him are Cristóvão Ferreira, Sultan Walad, Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, Vitalis of Milan, and Gisela, Abbess of Chelles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 864, Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni ranks 2. Before him is Simeon I of Bulgaria. After him is Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun. Among people deceased in 941, Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni ranks 4. Before him are Muhammad al-Mahdi, Rudaki, and Olaf Guthfrithson. After him is Jayavarman IV.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni ranks 201 out of 631. Before him are Quli Qutb Shah (1470), Mithridates IV of Parthia (null), Googoosh (1950), Orodes III of Parthia (-100), Amastrine (-400), and Baba Tahir (947). After him are Barbet Schroeder (1941), 'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi (930), Aga Khan II (1830), Mandane of Media (-584), Reza Abbasi (1565), and Kiya Buzurg-Ummid (1062).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni ranks 20. Before him are Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad (985), Safi-ad-din Ardabili (1252), Al-Juwayni (1028), Al-Bayhaqi (994), Piruz Nahavandi (700), and Shaykh Tusi (995). After him are Aga Khan II (1830), Ibn Babawayh (918), Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (933), Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (854), Ibn Khuzayma (838), and Morteza Motahhari (1919).

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