Are there any well-known Muhammads in history who were born before "the" Muhammad (pbuh)?

Boojatta

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Sat Mar-07-09 11:40 PM
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Are there any well-known Muhammads in history who were born before "the" Muhammad (pbuh)?

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PaddyBlueEyes

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Sat Mar-07-09 11:41 PM
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1. Yeah

Jeebus Muhammad....I think he played point guard for the Lakers.

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Boojatta

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Sat Mar-07-09 11:47 PM
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2. The Lakers were around before A.D. 570?

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Orrex

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Sat Mar-07-09 11:56 PM
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3. Yeah, and they didn't have a good jump shot among them.

Not until at least 860. Then they really started to break out.

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PaddyBlueEyes

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Sun Mar-08-09 12:24 AM
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5. Yeah they had that power forward

Irwin M Fletcher..He was 6'2, 6'4 with the fro..

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Orrex

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Mon Mar-09-09 07:23 AM
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9. I'm offended by your failure to take this subject seriously.

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BreweryYardRat

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Sun Mar-08-09 12:02 AM
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4. Not that I recall off the top of my head, and I'm a history major...

...with a heavy interest in the classical period. Arabia was pretty much a backwater until Muhammad started having visions.

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InkAddict

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Sun Mar-08-09 08:29 AM
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6. Probably, but they went by their middle name n/t

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kentauros

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Sun Mar-08-09 08:39 AM
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7. A quick look around says no.

http://www.helium.com/items/927803-muhammad-the-most-common-name-in-the-world

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old mark

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Sun Mar-08-09 08:42 AM
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8. The famous Muhammad (or Mohammed or Mahmood) is the one

Edited on Sun Mar-08-09 08:46 AM by old mark

they are all named for.
The name means "praise" and with all its variations is the most popular given name in the world - the second most popular male given name in Britain.
I doubt he was tall enough to play pro B-ball.

mark

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Manifestor_of_Light

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Mon Mar-09-09 01:59 PM
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10. What about Al Borak?

Was he a shortstop or was he Mohammed's donkey??

(Stolen from H. Allen Smith) :D

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