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Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi

1506 - 1543

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Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (Arabic: أحمد بن إبراهيم الغازي, Harari: አሕመድ ኢብራሂም አል-ጋዚ, Somali: Axmed Ibraahim al-Qaasi; c. 21 July 1506 – 10 February 1543) was the Imam of the Adal Sultanate from 1527 to 1543. Commonly named Ahmed Gragn in Amharic and Gurey in Somali, both meaning the left-handed, he led the invasion and conquest of Abyssinia from the Sultanate of Adal during the Ethiopian-Adal War. He is often referred to as the "King of Zeila" in medieval texts.: 79  Dubbed "The African Attila" by Orientalist Frederick A. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi has received more than 592,759 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi is the 6,069th most popular politician (down from 5,116th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 4th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Ethiopian Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi ranks 6,069 out of 19,576. Before him are Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás, Hor, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Marie-Louise Meilleur, Pedro Lascuráin, and Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen. After him are Takeo Fukuda, Jia Sidao, Ang Duong, Rudolf Lange, Agostino Barbarigo, and Henry A. Wallace.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1506, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi ranks 6. Before him are Francis Xavier, Louis II of Hungary, Hwang Jini, Peter Faber, and Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset. After him are Juliana of Stolberg, Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja, George Buchanan, and Rupert, Count Palatine of Veldenz. Among people deceased in 1543, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi ranks 8. Before him are Şehzade Mehmed, Mary Boleyn, Afonso I of Kongo, Al-Mutawakkil III, Johann Eck, and George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. After him are Maria Salviati, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Francesco Canova da Milano, Polidoro da Caravaggio, Susanna of Bavaria, and Sebastian Franck.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi ranks 16 out of 105. Before him are Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), Sahle-Work Zewde (1950), Abdullah ibn Ja'far (650), Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924), and Tewodros II (1818). After him are Meles Zenawi (1955), Mulatu Teshome (1955), Kaleb of Axum (500), Abiy Ahmed (1976), Taytu Betul (1851), and Haile Gebrselassie (1973).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi ranks 12. Before him are Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), Sahle-Work Zewde (1950), Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924), and Tewodros II (1818). After him are Meles Zenawi (1955), Mulatu Teshome (1955), Kaleb of Axum (500), Abiy Ahmed (1976), Taytu Betul (1851), and Amha Selassie (1916).

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