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Ashraf Hotak

1700 - 1730

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Shāh Ashraf Hotak, (Pashto/Persian: شاه اشرف هوتک; died 1730), also known as Shāh Ashraf Ghiljī (شاه اشرف غلجي), son of Abdul Aziz Hotak, was the fourth ruler of the Hotak dynasty. An Afghan from the Ghilji Pashtuns, he served as a commander in the army of Mahmud Hotak during his revolt against the heavily declining Safavid Persians. Ashraf also participated in the Battle of Gulnabad. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ashraf Hotak has received more than 122,192 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Ashraf Hotak is the 8,292nd most popular politician (down from 7,956th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 70th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ashraf Hotak ranks 8,292 out of 19,576Before him are Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, Abdourahamane Tchiani, Zheng Jing, Miklós Kállay, Pierre Nkurunziza, and Wakatsuki Reijirō. After him are Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia, Natsagiin Bagabandi, Pasenadi, Mutnedjmet, and Ahmed Dogan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1700, Ashraf Hotak ranks 17Before him are Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, Jean-Antoine Nollet, Luigi Vanvitelli, Gerard van Swieten, Sabah I bin Jaber, and Baji Rao I. After him are Teimuraz II of Kakheti, Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Charles-Joseph Natoire, Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, and Joannicius III of Constantinople. Among people deceased in 1730, Ashraf Hotak ranks 14Before him are Jakob Ammann, Árni Magnússon, Adrienne Lecouvreur, François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, and Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate. After him are Patrona Halil, Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, Arabella Churchill, Luca Carlevarijs, and François de Troy.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Ashraf Hotak ranks 64 out of 177Before him are Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949), Jalal-ud-din Khalji (1220), Kujula Kadphises (20), Baysunghur (1397), Ismail Khan (1946), and Mirwais Hotak (1673). After him are Ahmad Zahir (1946), Muhammad Shah (1702), Dost Mohammad Khan (1793), Eucratides I (-170), Rabia Balkhi (1000), and Khvandamir (1475).

Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Ashraf Hotak ranks 45Before him are Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949), Jalal-ud-din Khalji (1220), Kujula Kadphises (20), Ismail Khan (1946), and Mirwais Hotak (1673). After him are Muhammad Shah (1702), Dost Mohammad Khan (1793), Eucratides I (-170), Diodotus II (-252), Abdullah Abdullah (1960), and Mohammad Afzal Khan (1811).