The Most Famous
MILITARY PERSONNELS from Afghanistan
This page contains a list of the greatest Afghan Military Personnels. The pantheon dataset contains 2,058 Military Personnels, 2 of which were born in Afghanistan. This makes Afghanistan the birth place of the 73rd most number of Military Personnels behind South Africa, and Australia.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Afghan Military Personnels of all time. This list of famous Afghan Military Personnels is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji (1101 - 1206)
With an HPI of 56.97, Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji is the most famous Afghan Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 23 different languages on wikipedia.
Ikhtiyār al-Dīn Muḥammad Bakhtiyār Khaljī, (Pashto: اختیارالدین محمد بختیار غلجي, Bengali: ইখতিয়ারউদ্দীন মুহাম্মাদ বখতিয়ার খলজী) also known as Bakhtiyar Khalji, was a Turko-Afghan military general of the Ghurid ruler Muhammad of Ghor, who led the Muslim conquests of the eastern Indian regions of Bengal and parts of Bihar and established himself as their ruler. He was the founder of the Khalji dynasty of Bengal, which ruled Bengal for a short period, from 1203 to 1227 CE. Khalji's invasions of the Indian subcontinent between A.D. 1197 and 1206 led to mass flight and massacres of Buddhist monks, and caused damage to the traditional Buddhist institutions of higher learning in Northern India. In Bengal, Khalji's reign was responsible for the displacement of Buddhism. His rule is said to have begun the Muslim rule in Bengal, most notably those of Bengal Sultanate and Mughal Bengal. Bakhtiyar launched an ill-fated Tibet campaign in 1206 and was assassinated upon returning to Bengal by Ali Mardan and Mirza Haider Goni Fahad. He was succeeded by Muhammad Shiran Khalji.
2. Islam Bibi (1974 - 2013)
With an HPI of 39.12, Islam Bibi is the 2nd most famous Afghan Military Personnel. Her biography has been translated into 26 different languages.
Islam Bibi (Pashto: د اسلام چاچی; 1974 – 4 July 2013) was a female police officer in Afghanistan in the Helmand province Headquarters and also a pioneer in the fight for feminism. She was the highest ranking policewoman at the time of her death in Afghanistan and led operations against the Talibans. She received numerous death threats and was assassinated on 4 July 2013.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Afghan military personnels born between 1101 and 1974. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Afghan military personnels include Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji, and Islam Bibi.
