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Abbas the Great

1571 - 1629

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Abbas I (Persian: عباس یکم, romanized: ʿAbbās yekom; 27 January 1571 – 19 January 1629), commonly known as Abbas the Great (Persian: عباس بزرگ, romanized: ʿAbbās-e Bozorg), was the fifth Safavid shah of Iran from 1588 to 1629. The third son of Shah Mohammad Khodabanda, he is generally considered one of the most important rulers in Iranian history and the greatest ruler of the Safavid dynasty. Although Abbas would preside over the apex of Safavid Iran's military, political and economic power, he came to the throne during a troubled time for the country. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abbas the Great has received more than 616,185 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Abbas the Great is the 324th most popular politician (up from 342nd in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Afghan Politician.

Abbas the Great was a Persian emperor who ruled from 1587 to 1629. He is most famous for his military campaigns against the Ottoman Empire, which he succeeded in conquering.

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Among politicians, Abbas the Great ranks 324 out of 19,576. Before him are Ivar the Boneless, Crazy Horse, Elizabeth of Russia, Charles V of France, Shivaji, and Paul I of Russia. After him are Sejong the Great, Şehzade Bayezid, Stephen I of Hungary, Joachim Murat, Ahmed III, and Park Chung-hee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1571, Abbas the Great ranks 3. Before him are Johannes Kepler, and Caravaggio. After him are Frederick de Houtman, Hasekura Tsunenaga, Emperor Go-Yōzei, Michael Praetorius, Thomas Mun, Mulla Sadra, Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias, Willem Blaeu, and Charles, Duke of Guise. Among people deceased in 1629, Abbas the Great ranks 1. After him are Carlo Maderno, Gabriel Bethlen, Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Hendrick ter Brugghen, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Otto van Veen, Pietro Bernini, Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, Giorgi Saakadze, Mehmed III Giray, and Sigismondo d'India.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Abbas the Great ranks 3 out of 177. Before him are Rumi (1207), and Al-Farabi (872). After him are Roxana (-347), Hamid Karzai (1957), Abu Dawood (817), Humayun (1508), Mahmud of Ghazni (971), Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441), Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī (1837), Mohammed Zahir Shah (1914), and Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Abbas the Great ranks 1. After him are Hamid Karzai (1957), Humayun (1508), Mahmud of Ghazni (971), Mohammed Zahir Shah (1914), Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953), Muhammad of Ghor (1160), Hafizullah Amin (1929), Amanullah Khan (1892), Babrak Karmal (1929), Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940), and Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909).

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