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Ali al-Sistani

1930 - Today

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Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani (Arabic: علي الحسيني السيستاني, romanized: ʿAlī al-Ḥusaynī al-Sīstānī; born 4 August 1930) is an Iraqi Islamic scholar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ali al-Sistani has received more than 1,091,360 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Ali al-Sistani is the 2,038th most popular politician (up from 2,358th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Iran and the 46th most popular Iranian Politician.

Ali al-sistani is most famous for his role in the 2003 Iraq War. He is a Grand Ayatollah and is one of the most influential Shiite clerics in Iraq.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Ali al-Sistani has had the most page views in the with 370,559 views, followed by Persian (264,801), and English (163,289). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (329.40%), Simple English (129.81%), and Basque (85.96%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ali al-Sistani ranks 2,038 out of 19,576Before him are Beyhan Sultan, Mara Branković, Charles VIII of Sweden, Manfred, King of Sicily, Rajiv Gandhi, and Afonso IV of Portugal. After him are Maharana Pratap, Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Dries van Agt, Ahaziah of Israel, Peter III of Portugal, and Robert Fico.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Ali al-Sistani ranks 37Before him are Harold Pinter, Johan Galtung, Immanuel Wallerstein, Hugh Everett III, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, and Zhores Alferov. After him are George E. Smith, Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Edsger W. Dijkstra, Gary Becker, Bernie Ecclestone, and Biljana Plavšić.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ali al-Sistani ranks 85 out of 631Before him are Jamshīd al-Kāshī (1380), Abbas II of Persia (1633), Psamtik III (-590), Tekuder (1247), Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (1772), and Al-Hadi (764). After him are Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1149), Ahmad Shah Qajar (1898), Ebrahim Raisi (1960), Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1831), Barkiyaruq (1081), and Mazdak (450).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Ali al-Sistani ranks 46Before him are Ismail II (1533), Abbas II of Persia (1633), Psamtik III (-590), Tekuder (1247), Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (1772), and Al-Hadi (764). After him are Ahmad Shah Qajar (1898), Ebrahim Raisi (1960), Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1831), Barkiyaruq (1081), Mohammad Khodabanda (1531), and Bahram V (406).