RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Rabia of Basra

710 - 801

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Rābiʼa al-ʼAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya (Arabic: رابعة العدوية القيسية; c. 716 – 801 CE) or Rabia Basri was a poet, one of the earliest Sufi mystics and an influential religious figure from Iraq. She is regarded as one of the three preeminent Qalandars of the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rabia of Basra is the 253rd most popular religious figure (down from 157th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 15th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Iraqi Religious Figure.

Rabia of Basra is most famous for her poetry.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Rabia of Basra ranks 253 out of 3,187. Before her are Pope John XV, Pope Paschal II, Pope Urban VI, Joachim, Pope Lucius II, and Pope Gelasius I. After her are Ānanda, Pope Honorius IV, Pope Adrian II, Pope Paschal I, Pope Gelasius II, and Isidore of Seville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 710, Rabia of Basra ranks 1. After her are Saint Walpurga, Krum, Desiderius, Carloman, Antipope Constantine II, Sevar of Bulgaria, Aureolus of Aragon, and Lullus. Among people deceased in 801, Rabia of Basra ranks 2. Before her is Ragnar Lodbrok. After her are Theophano of Athens, Theodote, Bardanes Tourkos, Constantine, Eudokia Dekapolitissa, and Eadberht III Præn.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Rabia of Basra ranks 12 out of 384. Before her are Abu Hanifa (698), Ibn al-Haytham (965), Möngke Khan (1209), Al-Kindi (801), Ashurbanipal (-685), and Sarah (-1803). After her are Al-Masudi (896), Sargon of Akkad (-2300), Fuzûlî (1494), Zaha Hadid (1950), Mani (216), and Nur ad-Din (1116).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iraq

Among religious figures born in Iraq, Rabia of Basra ranks 4. Before her are Abraham (-1813), Abu Hanifa (698), and Sarah (-1803). After her are Mani (216), Ezra (-500), Muhammad al-Mahdi (869), Belshazzar (-600), Eber (-2038), Junayd of Baghdad (830), Louis Raphaël I Sako (1948), and Ibn Hisham (701).

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