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Biographies

This page contains biographies of notable people throughout Islamic history. The number on the left of the person indicates their year of death.

13 Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq

c. 100 Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī

106 ʿAmrah bt. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān

1285 ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Ḥasan Āl al-Shaykh

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