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Dharmakirti

— – 660

Philosopher, Writer, Commentator

Dharmakīrti (fl. c. 600–670 CE) was an influential Indian Buddhist philosopher who worked at Nālandā. He was one of the key scholars of epistemology (pramāṇa) i…

Gertrude of Nivelles

626 – 659

Nun

Gertrude of Nivelles, OSB (also spelled Geretrude, Geretrudis, Gertrud; c. 628 – 17 March 659) was an abbess who, with her mother Itta, founded the Abbey of Niv…

Samo

— – 658

Merchant, Traditional leader or chief

Samo (c. 600 – c. 658) was the founder and sole ruler of the first recorded unified tribal polity of Slavs, later known as Samo's realm, ruling from 623 until h…

Clovis II

635 – 657

Monarch

Clovis II (633 – 657) was King of the Franks in Neustria and Burgundy, having succeeded his father Dagobert I in 639. His brother Sigebert III had been King of…

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Ammar ibn Yasir

570 – 657

Military leader, Wali, Poet, Companions of the Prophet

Ammar ibn Yasir (Arabic: عَمَّار بْن يَاسِر, romanized: ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir; c. 567/570 – July 657 CE) was a Sahabi (Companion) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, an…

Pope Eugene I

— – 657

Catholic priest

Pope Eugene I (Latin: Eugenius I; died 2 June 657) was the bishop of Rome from 10 August 654 to his death on 2 June 657. He was chosen to become Pope after the…

Uways al‑Qarani

594 – 657

Muhaddith

ʾUways ibn ʿĀmir al-Qaranī (Arabic: أُوَيْس ٱبْن عَامِر ٱلْقَرَنِيّ) was Muslim military commander and one of the tabi'in who served in the Rashidun Caliphate.…

Salman the Persian

568 – 657

Preacher, Military leader, Translator, Writer

Here is the improved memorial biography of Salman the Persian, refined to include only well-supported facts, with verified dates and places retained or clarifie…

Zubayr ibn al-Awwam

594 – 656

Politician, Poet

Al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam ibn Khuwaylid al-Asadi (Arabic: الزُّبَيْر بْن الْعَوَّام بْن خُوَيْلِد الأَسَدِيّ, romanized: Al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām ibn Khuwaylid al-ʾ…

Uthman

574 – 656

Politician

Uthman ibn Affan (Arabic: عُثْمَان بْن عَفَّان, romanized: ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān; c. 576 – 17 June 656) was the third and longest-reigned Rashidun caliph, ruling f…

Sigebert III

630 – 656

Monarch

Sigebert III (c. 630–656) was the Merovingian king of Austrasia from 633 to his death around 656. He was described as the first Merovingian roi fainéant, or "do…

Talha ibn Ubayd Allah

595 – 656

Politician, Military leader, Companions of the Prophet, Businessperson

Talha ibn Ubayd Allah al-Taymi (Arabic: طَلْحَة بن عُبَيْد اللّه التَّيمي, romanized: Ṭalḥah ibn ʿUbayd Allāh al-Taymī), c. 594 – c. 656) was a companion of the…

Penda of Mercia

606 – 655

Sovereign

Penda (died 15 November 655) was a 7th-century king of Mercia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom in what is today the Midlands. A pagan at a time when Christianity was ta…

Pope Martin I

598 – 655

Politician, Diplomat, Western priest, Writer

Pope Martin I (Latin: Martinus I, Greek: Πάπας Μαρτῖνος; between 590 and 600 – 16 September 655), also known as Martin the Confessor, was the bishop of Rome fro…

Emperor Kōtoku

596 – 654

Ruler, Monarch

Emperor Kōtoku (孝徳天皇, Kōtoku-tennō; 596 – 24 November 654) was the 36th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. The years of his re…

Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf

580 – 654

Merchant

ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf (Arabic: عبد الرحمن بن عوف; born ʿAbd Amr ibn ʿAwf; c. 581–654) was one of the companions of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. One of the we…

Chindasuinth

563 – 653

Sovereign

Chindasuinth (also spelled Chindaswinth, Chindaswind, Chindasuinto, Chindasvindo, or Khindaswinth; Latin: Chintasvintus, Cindasvintus; c. 563 – 30 September 653…

Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib

568 – 653

Merchant, Statesperson

Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (c. 566 – c. 653 CE) was a paternal uncle and sahabi (companion) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, just three years older than his n…

Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud

594 – 653

Qadi

Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud (Arabic: عبد الله بن مسعود, romanized: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd; c. 594 – c. 653) was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad whom Sunni I…

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Abu Dharr al-Ghifari

— – 652

Preacher, Muhaddith, Merchant

Abu Dharr Al-Ghifari Al-Kinani (أَبُو ذَرّ ٱلْغِفَارِيّ ٱلْكِنَانِيّ, ʾAbū Ḏarr al-Ghifārīy al-Kinānīy), also spelled Abu Tharr or Abu Zar, born Jundab ibn Junā…