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Ahmad ibn Tulun

835 - 884

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Ahmad ibn Tulun (Arabic: أحمد بن طولون, romanized: Aḥmad ibn Ṭūlūn‎; c. 20 September 835 – 10 May 884) was the founder of the Tulunid dynasty that ruled Egypt and Syria between 868 and 905. Originally a Turkic slave-soldier, in 868 Ibn Tulun was sent to Egypt as governor by the Abbasid caliph. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmad ibn Tulun has received more than 202,298 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ahmad ibn Tulun is the 3,367th most popular politician (up from 3,644th in 2019), the 89th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 90th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Iraqi Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ahmad ibn Tulun ranks 3,367 out of 19,576Before him are Violeta Chamorro, Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal, Lekë Dukagjini, Maria Pia of Savoy, and Aelia Eudoxia. After him are Şehzade Mehmed, Thein Sein, Chivu Stoica, Sverker I of Sweden, Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, and Rudolf Schuster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 835, Ahmad ibn Tulun ranks 3Before him are Louis the Younger, and Lothair II. After him are Siemowit, Ahmad ibn Yusuf, and Conrad II, Duke of Transjurane Burgundy. Among people deceased in 884, Ahmad ibn Tulun ranks 3Before him are Pope Marinus I, and Carloman II. After him is Huang Chao.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ahmad ibn Tulun ranks 89 out of 384Before him are Al-Muntasir (837), Shamshi-Adad I (-1860), Ibn al-Jawzi (1116), Hormizd IV (540), Adad-nirari I (-1400), and Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (1941). After him are Al-Mutanabbi (915), Nouri al-Maliki (1950), Ibn Qutaybah (828), Lugal-zage-si (-2360), Adad-nirari II (-1000), and Al-Mu'tazz (847).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Ahmad ibn Tulun ranks 50Before him are Sargon I (-1900), Al-Muntasir (837), Shamshi-Adad I (-1860), Hormizd IV (540), Adad-nirari I (-1400), and Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (1941). After him are Nouri al-Maliki (1950), Lugal-zage-si (-2360), Adad-nirari II (-1000), Sumu-abum (-2000), Enmerkar (-2500), and Shammuramat (-900).