The Most Famous
COMPANIONS from Azerbaijan
This page contains a list of the greatest Azerbaijani Companions. The pantheon dataset contains 673 Companions, 2 of which were born in Azerbaijan. This makes Azerbaijan the birth place of the 37th most number of Companions behind Belarus and Slovenia.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Azerbaijani Companions of all time. This list of famous Azerbaijani Companions is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Tadj ol-Molouk (1896 - 1982)
With an HPI of 57.22, Tadj ol-Molouk is the most famous Azerbaijani Companion. Her biography has been translated into 23 different languages on wikipedia.
Tâdj ol-Molouk (Persian: تاجالملوک; 17 March 1896 – 10 March 1982) was Queen of Iran as the second wife of Reza Shah, founder of the Pahlavi dynasty and Shah of Iran between 1925 and 1941. The title she was given after becoming queen means "Crown of the Kings" in the Persian language. She was the first queen in Iran after the Muslim conquest in the seventh century to have participated in public royal representation, and she played a major role in the kashf-e hijab (ban of the veil) in 1936.
2. Zarifa Aliyeva (1923 - 1985)
With an HPI of 56.96, Zarifa Aliyeva is the 2nd most famous Azerbaijani Companion. Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Zarifa Aziz gizi Aliyeva (Azerbaijani: Zərifə Əziz qızı Əliyeva; 28 April 1923 – 15 April 1985) was an Azerbaijani ophthalmologist, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan and professor. She was the wife of third President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev and the mother of the fourth President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as companions born between 1896 and 1923. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased companions include Tadj ol-Molouk and Zarifa Aliyeva. As of April 2022, 1 new companions have been added to Pantheon including Zarifa Aliyeva.
