1029 - 1072
Alp Arslan, born Muhammad bin Dawud Chaghri, was the second sultan of the Seljuk Empire and great-grandson of Seljuk, the eponymous founder of the dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alp Arslan has received more than 1,790,088 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Alp Arslan is the 183rd most popular politician (up from 368th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 58th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Turkish Politician.
Alp Arslan is most famous for his victory over the Byzantine Emperor Romanus IV Diogenes in the Battle of Manzikert in 1071.
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Among politicians, Alp Arslan ranks 183 out of 15,577. Before him are Charles I of Austria, Nicholas I of Russia, Orhan, George H. W. Bush, Marcus Licinius Crassus, and Kublai Khan. After him are Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Salman of Saudi Arabia, Donald Trump, Leonidas I, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Louis the Pious.
1887 - 1922
HPI: 78.24
Rank: 177
1796 - 1855
HPI: 78.23
Rank: 178
1288 - 1362
HPI: 78.21
Rank: 179
1924 - 2018
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 180
115 BC - 53 BC
HPI: 78.18
Rank: 181
1215 - 1294
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 182
1029 - 1072
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 183
1741 - 1790
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 184
1935 - Present
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 185
1946 - Present
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 186
540 BC - 480 BC
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 187
1889 - 1964
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 188
778 - 840
HPI: 78.05
Rank: 189
Among people born in 1029, Alp Arslan ranks 1. After him are Mahmud al-Kashgari, Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī, Al-Mustansir Billah, Vseslav of Polotsk, and Theodosius of Kiev. Among people deceased in 1072, Alp Arslan ranks 1. After him are Romanos IV Diogenes, Sancho II of Castile and León, Peter Damian, Antipope Honorius II, Ouyang Xiu, Bagrat IV of Georgia, Ordulf, Duke of Saxony, Adalbert of Hamburg, Asadi Tusi, Ali Hujwiri, and Hereward the Wake.
1029 - 1072
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 1
1029 - 1101
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 2
1029 - 1087
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 3
1029 - 1094
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 4
1029 - 1101
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 5
1029 - 1074
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 6
1029 - 1072
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 1
1030 - 1072
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 2
1036 - 1072
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 3
1007 - 1072
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 4
1010 - 1072
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 5
1007 - 1072
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 6
1018 - 1072
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 7
1022 - 1072
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 8
1000 - 1072
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 9
999 - 1072
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 10
1009 - 1072
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 11
1035 - 1072
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 12
Among people born in Turkey, Alp Arslan ranks 39 out of 1,301. Before him are Mimar Sinan (1490), Mehmed I (1386), John Chrysostom (349), Anaxagoras (-500), Suleiman II (1642), and Orhan (1288). After him are Heraclius (575), Mahidevran (1500), Mehmed VI (1861), Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (1615), Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954), and Şehzade Bayezid (1525).
1490 - 1588
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 33
1386 - 1421
HPI: 78.65
Rank: 34
349 - 407
HPI: 78.53
Rank: 35
500 BC - 428 BC
HPI: 78.41
Rank: 36
1642 - 1691
HPI: 78.30
Rank: 37
1288 - 1362
HPI: 78.21
Rank: 38
1029 - 1072
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 39
575 - 641
HPI: 77.77
Rank: 40
1500 - 1581
HPI: 77.74
Rank: 41
1861 - 1926
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 42
1615 - 1648
HPI: 77.49
Rank: 43
1954 - Present
HPI: 77.42
Rank: 44
1525 - 1561
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 45
Among politicians born in Turkey, Alp Arslan ranks 21. Before him are Abdul Hamid II (1842), Şehzade Mustafa (1515), Osman II (1604), Mehmed I (1386), Suleiman II (1642), and Orhan (1288). After him are Heraclius (575), Mahidevran (1500), Mehmed VI (1861), Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (1615), Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954), and Şehzade Bayezid (1525).
1842 - 1918
HPI: 79.29
Rank: 15
1515 - 1553
HPI: 79.16
Rank: 16
1604 - 1622
HPI: 79.00
Rank: 17
1386 - 1421
HPI: 78.65
Rank: 18
1642 - 1691
HPI: 78.30
Rank: 19
1288 - 1362
HPI: 78.21
Rank: 20
1029 - 1072
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 21
575 - 641
HPI: 77.77
Rank: 22
1500 - 1581
HPI: 77.74
Rank: 23
1861 - 1926
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 24
1615 - 1648
HPI: 77.49
Rank: 25
1954 - Present
HPI: 77.42
Rank: 26
1525 - 1561
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 27