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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Ahmad Sanjar

1100 - Today

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Ahmad Sanjar (Persian: احمد سنجر; full name: Muizz ad-Dunya wa ad-Din Adud ad-Dawlah Abul-Harith Ahmad Sanjar ibn Malik-Shah) (6 November 1086 – 8 May 1157) was the Seljuq ruler of Khorasan from 1097 until 1118, when he became the Sultan of the Seljuq Empire, which he ruled until his death in 1157. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmad Sanjar has received more than 546,685 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmad Sanjar is the 79th most popular military personnel (up from 1,546th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Iraq (up from 39th in 2019) and the most popular Iraqi Military Personnel.

Ahmad Sanjar was a ruler of the Seljuk Empire in the 12th century and is famous for his military campaigns and efforts to expand the empire's territory. He is particularly known for his defeat at the Battle of Qatwan in 1141, which marked the beginning of the decline of the Seljuk Empire. Despite his military setbacks, Sanjar is still regarded as one of the most prominent Seljuk rulers and is known for his contributions to the fields of literature, poetry, and art.

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  • 550k

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  • 71.08

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  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Ahmad Sanjar ranks 79 out of 1,468Before her are Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Michel Ney, Günther von Kluge, Ivan Konev, and Mikhail Tukhachevsky. After her are Eugène de Beauharnais, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Wilhelm Canaris, Hiroo Onoda, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, and Andrea Doria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1100, Ahmad Sanjar ranks 4Before her are Pope Gregory VIII, Muhammad al-Idrisi, and Pope Alexander III. After her are Pope Honorius II, Pope Lucius II, Pope Celestine II, Pope Innocent II, Albert the Bear, Suleiman ibn Qutulmish, Pope Adrian IV, and Sverker I of Sweden.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ahmad Sanjar ranks 23 out of 338Before her are Sennacherib (-740), Sargon II (-750), Ezra (-500), Al-Masudi (896), Nebuchadnezzar I (-1200), and Belshazzar (-600). After her are Khosrow II (570), Al-Ma'mun (786), Nur ad-Din (1116), Idris (-3500), Fuzûlî (1494), and Gudea (-2200).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Iraq

Among military personnels born in Iraq, Ahmad Sanjar ranks 1After her are Qutayba ibn Muslim (668), Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad (648), Mahmud Shevket Pasha (1856), Surena (-84), and Abu Ali al-Anbari (1957).