RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Aga Khan II

1830 - 1885

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Aqa Ali Shah (Persian: آقا علی شاه, romanized: Āqā ʿAlī Shāh; 1830–1885), known as Aga Khan II (Persian: آغا خان دوّم, romanized: Āghā Khān Duwwūm), was the 47th imam of the Nizari Isma'ili Muslims. A member of the Iranian royal family, he became the Imam in 1881. During his lifetime, he helped to better not only his own community, but also the larger Muslim community of India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aga Khan II has received more than 461,143 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Aga Khan II is the 1,592nd most popular religious figure (up from 1,604th in 2019), the 235th most popular biography from Iran (down from 226th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Aga Khan II ranks 1,592 out of 3,187. Before him are Abercius of Hieropolis, Sidi Boushaki, Chrodegang, Raimon Panikkar, Sigfrid of Sweden, and Lanfranc. After him are Kirill of Turov, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, Saint Alban, Mauro Piacenza, Huldah, and Reginald Lee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Aga Khan II ranks 38. Before him are Alexei Savrasov, Carmine Crocco, Henry Flagler, Guido Gezelle, Christina Rossetti, and Albert Günther. After him are Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, Luigi Cremona, Kamehameha V, Harriet Lane, Mehmed Said Pasha, and Kálmán Tisza. Among people deceased in 1885, Aga Khan II ranks 36. Before him are Henri Tresca, Nikolai Severtzov, Nikolay Danilevsky, Charles Rogier, Louis Riel, and Narcís Monturiol. After him are Nikolay Kostomarov, Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Thomas A. Hendricks, Pierre Edmond Boissier, and Hermann von Fehling.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Aga Khan II ranks 235 out of 631. Before him are Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (854), Masawaiyh (777), Phraates I (-190), Aga Khan I (1800), Ahmad Jannati (1927), and Hayedeh (1942). After him are Vardanes I (10), Esmail Ghaani (1957), Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi (1875), Ahmad Shamlou (1925), Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad (985), and Maryam Mirzakhani (1977).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Aga Khan II ranks 25. Before him are Ibn Babawayh (918), Shaykh Tusi (995), Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (933), Ibn Khuzayma (838), Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi (1627), and Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (854). After him are Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi (1875), Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad (985), Morteza Motahhari (1919), Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani (948), Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar (935), and Hossein Wahid Khorasani (1921).

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