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Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr

650 - 691

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Mu'sab ibn al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam al-Asadi (Arabic: مُصْعَبِ ٱبْن الزُّبَيْرِ ٱبْن الْعَوَّامِ الأَسَدِيّ, romanized: Muṣʿab ibn al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām al-ʾAsadī; died October 691) was the governor of Basra in 686–691 for his brother, the Mecca-based counter-caliph Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, during the Second Fitna. Mus'ab was a son of al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, a prominent companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Before becoming governor, he led an unsuccessful campaign against Umayyad-held Palestine. He defeated and killed the pro-Alid revolutionary Mukhtar al-Thaqafi after a series of battles in 687, gaining control over all of Iraq. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr is the 8,012th most popular politician (down from 6,773rd in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 164th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Saudi Arabian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr ranks 8,012 out of 19,576. Before him are Sunjong of Goryeo, Konrad von Feuchtwangen, Fajsz, Adolfo de la Huerta, Oboi, and Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken. After him are Nominoe, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, Shigechiyo Izumi, Tacfarinas, Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne, and Mika Špiljak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 650, Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr ranks 16. Before him are Rupert of Salzburg, Abdallah ibn Sa'd, Reccared II, Ebroin, Muslim ibn Aqil, and Bojang of Goguryeo. After him are Abdullah ibn Ja'far, Lupus I of Aquitaine, Gurak, Jarir ibn Atiyah, Felix of Aquitaine, and Wang Bo. Among people deceased in 691, Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr ranks 2. Before him is Theuderic III.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr ranks 170 out of 354. Before him are Ahmed Zaki Yamani (1930), Jotapianus (200), Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya (690), Fatimah bint Musa (790), Said ibn al-Musayyib (642), and Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud (1850). After him are Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen (1925), Utbah ibn Rabi'ah (567), Aqil ibn Abi Talib (590), Abdul-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr (null), Muhammad ibn Maslamah (589), and Shaykh Ahmad (1753).

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Among POLITICIANS In Saudi Arabia

Among politicians born in Saudi Arabia, Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr ranks 59. Before him are Sultan bin Salman Al Saud (1956), Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais (1960), Ahmed Zaki Yamani (1930), Jotapianus (200), Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya (690), and Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud (1850). After him are Utbah ibn Rabi'ah (567), Saʽd ibn ʽUbadah (580), Saad Hariri (1970), Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1940), Al-Hurr ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Thaqafi (700), and Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud (1721).

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