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Abd al-Karim Qasim

1914 - 1963

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Abd al-Karim Qasim Muhammad Bakr al-Fadhli al-Zubaidi (Arabic: عبد الكريم قاسم ʿAbd al-Karīm Qāsim IPA: [ʕabdulkariːm qɑːsɪm]) (21 November 1914 – 9 February 1963) was an Iraqi Army brigadier and nationalist who came to power when the Iraqi monarchy was overthrown during the 14 July Revolution. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abd al-Karim Qasim has received more than 654,909 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Abd al-Karim Qasim is the 2,816th most popular politician (down from 2,521st in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 66th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Iraqi Politician.

Abd al-Karim Qasim is most famous for being the first prime minister of Iraq.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abd al-Karim Qasim ranks 2,816 out of 15,710. Before him are Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, Francis Phoebus of Navarre, Merneith, Jarosław Kaczyński, Marcel Cerdan, and Eleonora Gonzaga. After him are Bagoas, Charles VII of Sweden, Ottokar I of Bohemia, Walter Hallstein, Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia, and Qutb al-Din Aibak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Abd al-Karim Qasim ranks 31. Before him are Joe DiMaggio, Desmond Llewelyn, Philippe Ariès, Karl Carstens, Gino Bartali, and Etty Hillesum. After him are Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, Robert Wise, Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, Dylan Thomas, Richard Laurence Millington Synge, and Max Perutz. Among people deceased in 1963, Abd al-Karim Qasim ranks 25. Before him are Theodor Heuss, Thích Quảng Đức, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Carmen Amaya, and Theodore von Kármán. After him are Richard Baer, Herbert Spencer Gasser, Rajendra Prasad, Kurt Zeitzler, Richard Barthelmess, and Jacques Hadamard.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Abd al-Karim Qasim ranks 69 out of 300. Before him are Shalmaneser I (-1400), Fuad Masum (1938), Hillel the Elder (-110), Sargon I (-1900), Shamshi-Adad I (-1860), and Hormizd IV (540). After him are Ya'qubi (801), Qutayba ibn Muslim (668), Al-Baladhuri (806), Shulgi (-2200), Al-Nasir (1158), and Al-Muntasir (837).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Abd al-Karim Qasim ranks 39. Before him are Lugal-zage-si (-2360), Shalmaneser I (-1400), Fuad Masum (1938), Sargon I (-1900), Shamshi-Adad I (-1860), and Hormizd IV (540). After him are Shulgi (-2200), Al-Nasir (1158), Al-Muntasir (837), Shammuramat (-900), Sinsharishkun (-700), and Sumu-abum (-2000).

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