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Aga Khan III

1877 - 1957

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Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah (Arabic: سلطان محمد شاه, romanized: Sulṭān Muḥammad Shāh; 2 November 1877 – 11 July 1957), known as Aga Khan III (Persian: آقا خان سوم, romanized: Āqā Khān Suwwūm), was the 48th imam of the Nizari Ism'aili branch of Shia Islam. He was one of the founders and the first permanent president of the All-India Muslim League (AIML). His goal was the advancement of Muslim agendas and the protection of Muslim rights in British India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aga Khan III has received more than 2,039,592 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Aga Khan III is the 4,392nd most popular politician (down from 3,820th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 20th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Pakistani Politician.

Aga Khan III was a world leader and spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. He was the 49th Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, a branch of Islam, and was the first person in more than 150 years to succeed to the title of Aga Khan. He was the founder of the Aga Khan Development Network, one of the largest private development networks in the world.

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  • 60.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Aga Khan III ranks 4,392 out of 19,576. Before him are Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Saad Zaghloul, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise, Theudis, and Pyotr Krasnov. After him are Philetaerus, Wei Zhongxian, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Şehsuvar Sultan, Jacob De la Gardie, and Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Aga Khan III ranks 31. Before him are Mykola Leontovych, Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, Alfred Kubin, André Maginot, Plutarco Elías Calles, and Ernst von Dohnányi. After him are Rudolf Hilferding, Henry Norris Russell, James Jeans, Alben W. Barkley, Princess Auguste of Bavaria, and Emil Abderhalden. Among people deceased in 1957, Aga Khan III ranks 47. Before him are Erich Auerbach, Moša Pijade, Eliot Ness, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, Leo Perutz, and Carl Clauberg. After him are Sacha Guitry, Hermann Buhl, Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria, Johnny Torrio, Mamoru Shigemitsu, and Henry Norris Russell.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Aga Khan III ranks 19 out of 217. Before him are Porus (-400), Abdus Salam (1926), Asanga (300), Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928), Har Gobind Khorana (1922), and Ranjit Singh (1780). After him are Imran Khan (1952), Dev Anand (1923), Guru Ram Das (1534), Manmohan Singh (1932), Gulzarilal Nanda (1898), and Kabir Bedi (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In Pakistan

Among politicians born in Pakistan, Aga Khan III ranks 9. Before him are Shehbaz Sharif (1951), Benazir Bhutto (1953), Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876), Porus (-400), Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928), and Ranjit Singh (1780). After him are Imran Khan (1952), Manmohan Singh (1932), Gulzarilal Nanda (1898), Arif Alvi (1949), Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1309), and Khema (-550).

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