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Shaykh Ahmad

1753 - 1826

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Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsā'ī (Arabic: شيخ أحمد الأحسائي) (May 1753 ― 27 June 1826) was a prominent Islamic theologian and jurist who founded the influential Shaykhī school of Twelver Shi'ism, which attracted followers from throughout the Persian and Ottoman Empires. He was a native of the Al-Ahsa region of eastern Arabia, educated in Bahrain and the theological centres of Najaf and Karbala. He spent 16 years in Iran, where he received the protection and patronage of princes of the Qajar dynasty. Shaykh Ahmad diverged from the Usuli school on key issues related to Islamic eschatology, the role of the ulama, and the proper interpretation of the mystical hadith of the Twelve Imams. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shaykh Ahmad is the 1,598th most popular religious figure (down from 1,574th in 2019), the 176th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 190th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Saudi Arabian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Shaykh Ahmad ranks 1,598 out of 3,187. Before him are Paulo Evaristo Arns, Antipope Innocent III, Olimpia Maidalchini, Saint Aurelius, Francesco Monterisi, and Hōnen. After him are Catherine of Genoa, Akile Hatun, Fructuosus, Jean Daniélou, Pietro I Orseolo, and Macarius of Alexandria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1753, Shaykh Ahmad ranks 19. Before him are Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, Samuel Crompton, Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, and Josef Dobrovský. After him are Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux, Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Charlotte Buff, Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Ludwig von Cobenzl, and Matvei Platov. Among people deceased in 1826, Shaykh Ahmad ranks 25. Before him are Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Johann Baptist von Spix, Franz Danzi, Clarke Abel, Marie-Guillemine Benoist, and John Farey Sr.. After him are Conrad Malte-Brun, François-Joseph Talma, Johann Peter Hebel, Christian Kramp, Friedrich Krupp, and John Flaxman.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Shaykh Ahmad ranks 176 out of 354. Before him are Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr (650), Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen (1925), Utbah ibn Rabi'ah (567), Aqil ibn Abi Talib (590), Abdul-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr (null), and Muhammad ibn Maslamah (589). After him are Saʽd ibn ʽUbadah (580), Majed Abdullah (1959), Abd-Allah ibn Umm-Maktum (null), Adi ibn Hatim (550), Asma bint Umais (null), and Lubaba bint al-Harith (593).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Saudi Arabia

Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Shaykh Ahmad ranks 72. Before him are Muslim ibn Aqil (650), 'Abd Allah ibn Rawahah (null), Fatimah bint Musa (790), Said ibn al-Musayyib (642), Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen (1925), and Aqil ibn Abi Talib (590). After him are Asma bint Umais (null), Lubaba bint al-Harith (593), Saleh Al-Fawzan (1933), Fadl ibn Abbas (614), Abu Dujana (null), and Uthman ibn Maz'un (null).

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