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Ardashir I

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Ardashir I (Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭥𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭥, romanized: Ardašīr), 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 715,568 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Ardashir I is the 818th most popular politician (down from 780th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Iran (down from 36th in 2019) and the 20th 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 818 out of 19,576. Before him are Mary of Hungary, Nikolai Bukharin, Ehud Olmert, William I of the Netherlands, Farah Pahlavi, and Shapur I. After him are Bashar al-Assad, Habib Bourguiba, Kurt Waldheim, Arthur Henderson, Ivan VI of Russia, and Jahangir.

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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 Avita Mamaea, Julia Soaemias, Eugenia of Rome, 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 45 out of 631. Before him are Saadi Shirazi (1210), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), Qasem Soleimani (1957), Jami (1414), Farah Pahlavi (1938), and Shapur I (150). After him are Cambyses I (-600), Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (903), Bahá'u'lláh (1817), Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247), Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882), and Doris Lessing (1919).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Ardashir I ranks 20. Before him are Darius II (-475), Nizam al-Mulk (1018), Antiochus III the Great (-241), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), Farah Pahlavi (1938), and Shapur I (150). After him are Cambyses I (-600), Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247), Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882), Yazdegerd III (624), Ghazan (1271), and Astyages (-700).

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