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Ardashir I

180 - 242

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Ardashir I (Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭥𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭥; Persian: اردشیر پاپکان), also known as Ardashir the Unifier (180–242 AD), was the founder of the Persian Sasanian Empire. He was also Ardashir V of the Kings of Persis, until he founded the new empire. After defeating the last Parthian shahanshah Artabanus IV on the Hormozdgan plain in 224, he overthrew the Arsacid dynasty and established the Sasanian dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ardashir I has received more than 652,544 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia. Ardashir I is the 781st most popular politician (down from 747th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Iran (up from 37th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Iranian Politician.

Ardashir I is most famous for founding the Sasanian Empire, which was one of the most powerful empires in the world at the time.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ardashir I ranks 781 out of 15,577. Before him are Publius Quinctilius Varus, Marwan I, Chlothar I, Ante Pavelić, Childeric I, and Henry III of England. After him are Julius Nepos, Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, Joan I of Navarre, Börte, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, and Shapur I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 180, Ardashir I ranks 2. Before him is Diogenes Laërtius. After him are Pope Callixtus I, Pope Anterus, Julia Soaemias, Eugenia of Rome, Julia Avita Mamaea, and Pope Heraclas of Alexandria. Among people deceased in 242, Ardashir I ranks 1. After him is Ammonius Saccas.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ardashir I ranks 36 out of 528. Before him are Ferdowsi (940), Salman the Persian (568), Doris Lessing (1919), Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201), Reza Shah (1878), and Antiochus III the Great (-241). After him are Shapur I (150), Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817), Shams Tabrizi (1185), Farah Pahlavi (1938), Bahá'u'lláh (1817), and Cambyses I (-600).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Ardashir I ranks 16. Before him are Tahmasp I (1514), Nizam al-Mulk (1018), Khosrow I (501), Darius II (-475), Reza Shah (1878), and Antiochus III the Great (-241). After him are Shapur I (150), Farah Pahlavi (1938), Cambyses I (-600), Astyages (-700), Abolhassan Banisadr (1933), and Yazdegerd III (624).

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