796 - 842
Abū Isḥāq Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Rashīd (Arabic: أبو إسحاق محمد بن هارون الرشيد; October 796 – 5 January 842), better known by his regnal name al-Muʿtaṣim biʾllāh (المعتصم بالله, lit. 'He who seeks refuge in God'), was the eighth Abbasid caliph, ruling from 833 until his death in 842. A younger son of Caliph Harun al-Rashid (r. 786–809), he rose to prominence through his formation of a private army composed predominantly of Turkic slave-soldiers (ghilmān, sing. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Mu'tasim has received more than 565,395 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Al-Mu'tasim is the 1,578th most popular politician (down from 1,373rd in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 34th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Iraqi Politician.
Al-mu'tasim was the second Abbasid caliph, and is most famous for his military campaigns against the Byzantine Empire.
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Among politicians, Al-Mu'tasim ranks 1,578 out of 15,577. Before him are James II of Aragon, Victoria of Baden, Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, Abel, King of Denmark, Ptolemy VIII Physcon, and Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. After him are Carloman, Xerxes II of Persia, Joseph I of Portugal, Alfonso VIII of Castile, Sergey Shoygu, and Frederick Augustus I of Saxony.
1267 - 1327
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 1,572
1862 - 1930
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 1,573
1510 - 1537
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 1,574
1218 - 1252
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 1,575
182 BC - 116 BC
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 1,576
985 - 1021
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 1,577
796 - 842
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 1,578
710 - 754
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 1,579
500 BC - 424 BC
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 1,580
1714 - 1777
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 1,581
1155 - 1214
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 1,582
1955 - Present
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 1,583
1750 - 1827
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 1,584
Among people born in 796, Al-Mu'tasim ranks 1. After him are Lü Dongbin, Dhul-Nun al-Misri, and Lambert I of Nantes. Among people deceased in 842, Al-Mu'tasim ranks 2. Before him is Theophilos. After him are Alfonso II of Asturias, Emperor Saga, Langdarma, and Liu Yuxi.
796 - 842
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 1
796 - 870
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 2
796 - 859
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 3
796 - 836
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 4
813 - 842
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 1
796 - 842
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 2
759 - 842
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 3
786 - 842
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 4
803 - 842
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 5
772 - 842
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 6
Among people born in Iraq, Al-Mu'tasim ranks 44 out of 338. Before him are Antiochus I Soter (-324), Suleyman Shah (1178), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (1971), Al-Ash'ari (873), Enheduanna (-2300), and Shalmaneser III (-900). After him are Faisal II of Iraq (1935), Šuppiluliuma I (-1344), Al-Jahiz (775), Al-Musta'sim (1213), Ibn Hisham (701), and Naram-Sin of Akkad (-2254).
324 BC - 261 BC
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 38
1178 - 1236
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 39
1971 - 2019
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 40
873 - 936
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 41
2300 BC - 2300 BC
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 42
900 BC - 824 BC
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 43
796 - 842
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 44
1935 - 1958
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 45
1344 BC - 1321 BC
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 46
775 - 868
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 47
1213 - 1258
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 48
701 - 833
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 49
2254 BC - 2118 BC
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 50
Among politicians born in Iraq, Al-Mu'tasim ranks 22. Before him are Jalal Talabani (1933), Ur-Nammu (-2200), Möngke Khan (1209), Antiochus I Soter (-324), Suleyman Shah (1178), and Shalmaneser III (-900). After him are Faisal II of Iraq (1935), Šuppiluliuma I (-1344), Al-Musta'sim (1213), Naram-Sin of Akkad (-2254), Tiglath-Pileser I (-1200), and Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1914).
1933 - 2017
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 16
2200 BC - 2094 BC
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 17
1209 - 1259
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 18
324 BC - 261 BC
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 19
1178 - 1236
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 20
900 BC - 824 BC
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 21
796 - 842
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 22
1935 - 1958
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 23
1344 BC - 1321 BC
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 24
1213 - 1258
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 25
2254 BC - 2118 BC
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 26
1200 BC - 1076 BC
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 27
1914 - 1982
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 28