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Babak Khorramdin

798 - 838

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Bābak Khorramdin (Persian: بابک خرمدین, Bābak-e Khorramdin, from Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭠𐭯𐭪𐭩, Pāpak/Pābag; 795 or 798 – January 838) was one of the main Iranian revolutionary leaders of the Iranian Khorram-Dinān ("Those of the joyous religion"), which was a local freedom movement fighting the Abbasid Caliphate. Khorramdin appears to be a compound analogous to dorustdin "orthodoxy" and Behdin "Good Religion" (Zoroastrianism), and are considered an offshoot of neo-Mazdakism. Babak's Iranianizing rebellion, from its base in Azerbaijan in northwestern Iran, called for a return of the political glories of the Iranian past. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Babak Khorramdin has received more than 582,055 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Babak Khorramdin is the 58th most popular social activist (down from 50th in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from Iran (down from 61st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iranian Social Activist.

Babak Khorramdin is most famous for leading a rebellion against the Arab invaders of Persia.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Babak Khorramdin ranks 58 out of 840. Before him are Carl von Ossietzky, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Fanny Kaplan, Alfred Hermann Fried, and Túpac Amaru II. After him are Stenka Razin, Alexei Navalny, Mustafa Barzani, Thích Quảng Đức, Mukhtar al-Thaqafi, and José Rizal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 798, Babak Khorramdin ranks 1. After him is Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani. Among people deceased in 838, Babak Khorramdin ranks 1. After him are Pepin I of Aquitaine, Frederick of Utrecht, Ziyadat Allah I of Ifriqiya, Ralpacan, and Boniface II, Margrave of Tuscany.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Babak Khorramdin ranks 71 out of 631. Before him are Mohammad Khatami (1943), Abbas Kiarostami (1940), Ibn Majah (824), Achaemenes (-800), Öljaitü (1280), and Shapur II (309). After him are Bayazid Bastami (804), Abolhassan Banisadr (1933), Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (1742), Xerxes II of Persia (-500), Miskawayh (932), and Gaykhatu (1300).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Iran

Among social activists born in Iran, Babak Khorramdin ranks 2. Before him are Shirin Ebadi (1947). After him are Narges Mohammadi (1972), Musa al-Sadr (1928), Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899), Massoud Rajavi (1948), Nasrin Sotoudeh (1963), Mahmoud Taleghani (1911), Mina Ahadi (1956), Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani (1967), Maryam Namazie (1966), and Reyhaneh Jabbari (1988).

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