1844 - 1901
Abdur Rahman Khan (Pashto/Dari: عبدالرحمن خان) (between 1840 and 1844 – 1 October 1901) also known by his epithets, The Iron Amir, was Amir of Afghanistan from 1880 to his death in 1901. He is known for negotiation of the Durand Line Agreement with British India.Abdur Rahman Khan was the one and only son of Mohammad Afzal Khan, and grandson of Dost Mohammad Khan, founder of the Barakzai dynasty. Abdur Rahman Khan re-established the writ of the Afghan government after the disarray that followed the second Anglo-Afghan war. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdur Rahman Khan has received more than 690,988 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Abdur Rahman Khan is the 2,607th most popular politician (up from 3,595th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 24th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Afghan Politician.
Abdur Rahman Khan was the Emir of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901. He is most famous for his conquest of the Durrani Empire.
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Among politicians, Abdur Rahman Khan ranks 2,607 out of 15,577. Before him are Raymond of Poitiers, Chandragupta II, Ramsay MacDonald, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia, Amenemhat IV, and Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf. After him are Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi, Candaules, Mario Monti, Joko Widodo, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, and Mithridates I of Parthia.
1115 - 1149
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 2,601
400 - 500
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 2,602
1866 - 1937
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 2,603
1871 - 1899
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 2,604
1850 BC - 1790 BC
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 2,605
1757 - 1831
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 2,606
1844 - 1901
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 2,607
650 - 732
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 2,608
800 BC - 760 BC
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 2,609
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 2,610
1961 - Present
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 2,611
1786 - 1859
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 2,612
195 BC - 132 BC
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 2,613
Among people born in 1844, Abdur Rahman Khan ranks 23. Before him are Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Pablo de Sarasate, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Menelik II, Muhammad Ahmad, and Friedrich Miescher. After him are Ismail Qemali, Charles-Marie Widor, Charles-Émile Reynaud, `Abdu'l-Bahá, Karl Lueger, and Julius Wellhausen. Among people deceased in 1901, Abdur Rahman Khan ranks 14. Before him are William McKinley, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Milan I of Serbia, Charles Hermite, and Li Hongzhang. After him are Fukuzawa Yukichi, Zénobe Gramme, Gaetano Bresci, Elisha Gray, Paul Rée, and Josef Rheinberger.
1844 - 1916
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 17
1844 - 1908
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 18
1844 - 1900
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 19
1844 - 1913
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 20
1844 - 1885
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 21
1844 - 1895
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 22
1844 - 1901
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 23
1844 - 1919
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 24
1844 - 1937
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 25
1844 - 1918
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 26
1844 - 1921
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 27
1844 - 1910
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 28
1844 - 1918
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 29
1843 - 1901
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 8
1832 - 1901
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 9
1819 - 1901
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 10
1854 - 1901
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 11
1822 - 1901
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 12
1823 - 1901
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 13
1844 - 1901
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 14
1835 - 1901
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 15
1826 - 1901
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 16
1869 - 1901
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 17
1835 - 1901
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 18
1849 - 1901
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 19
1839 - 1901
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 20
Among people born in Afghanistan, Abdur Rahman Khan ranks 25 out of 145. Before him are Habibullāh Kalakāni (1890), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949), Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917), Abdul Rashid Dostum (1954), Ahmad Shah Durrani (1722), and Alp-Tegin (963). After him are Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1925), Mohammad Najibullah (1947), Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād (1450), Ashraf Ghani (1949), Nur Jahan (1577), and Sultan Husayn Bayqara (1438).
1890 - 1929
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 19
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 20
1917 - 1979
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 21
1954 - Present
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 22
1722 - 1772
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 23
963 - 963
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 24
1844 - 1901
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 25
1925 - 2019
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 26
1947 - 1996
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 27
1450 - 1535
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 28
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 29
1577 - 1645
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 30
1438 - 1506
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 31
Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Abdur Rahman Khan ranks 20. Before him are Habibullāh Kalakāni (1890), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949), Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917), Abdul Rashid Dostum (1954), Ahmad Shah Durrani (1722), and Alp-Tegin (963). After him are Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1925), Mohammad Najibullah (1947), Ashraf Ghani (1949), Sultan Husayn Bayqara (1438), Moinuddin Chishti (1142), and Menander I (-190).
1890 - 1929
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 14
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 15
1917 - 1979
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 16
1954 - Present
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 17
1722 - 1772
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 18
963 - 963
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 19
1844 - 1901
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 20
1925 - 2019
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 21
1947 - 1996
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 22
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 23
1438 - 1506
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 24
1142 - 1236
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 25
190 BC - 130 BC
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 26