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Abbas III

1732 - 1740

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Abbas III (Persian: شاه عباس سوم, romanized: ʿAbbās; January 1732 – February 1740) was a son of Shah Tahmasp II and Shahpari Begum of the Safavid dynasty and reigned from 1732 to 1736. After the deposition of his father by Nader Khan (the future Nader Shah) the infant Abbas was appointed nominal ruler of Iran on 7 September 1732. Nader Khan, who was the real ruler of the country, assumed the positions of deputy of state and viceroy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abbas III has received more than 284,135 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Abbas III is the 3,149th most popular politician (down from 3,054th in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from Iran (down from 111th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Iranian Politician.

Abbas III was a powerful ruler of Persia. He is most famous for being the last Safavid ruler.

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  • 67.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abbas III ranks 3,149 out of 19,576. Before him are Maurice, Elector of Saxony, Gladwyn Jebb, Emperor Zhezong, Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Caroline of Brunswick, and Ladislaus III of Hungary. After him are Edda Mussolini, Éamon de Valera, Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Roman the Great, Zuzana Čaputová, and Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1732, Abbas III ranks 12. Before him are Jacques Necker, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Jérôme Lalande, Adélaïde of France, Johann Christoph Adelung, and Richard Arkwright. After him are John Dickinson, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Carl Gotthard Langhans, Warren Hastings, Peter Forsskål, and Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse. Among people deceased in 1740, Abbas III ranks 6. Before him are Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Pope Clement XII, Frederick William I of Prussia, Anna of Russia, and Maria Anna of Neuburg. After him are Tahmasp II, Antonio Lotti, Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Jan Kupecký, and Baji Rao I.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Abbas III ranks 123 out of 631. Before him are Bardiya (-580), Karim Khan Zand (1705), Narges Mohammadi (1972), Arses of Persia (-360), Mehran Karimi Nasseri (1942), and Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar (1853). After him are Sasan (200), Vologases I of Parthia (1), Sultan Husayn (1668), Tahmasp II (1704), Istakhri (850), and Anastasius of Persia (550).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Abbas III ranks 72. Before him are Yazdegerd II (500), Mohammad Shah Qajar (1808), Bardiya (-580), Karim Khan Zand (1705), Arses of Persia (-360), and Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar (1853). After him are Vologases I of Parthia (1), Sultan Husayn (1668), Tahmasp II (1704), Istakhri (850), Artavasdes II of Armenia (-100), and Jahan Shah (1397).

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