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Bardiya

580 BC - 522 BC

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Bardiya or Smerdis (Old Persian: 𐎲𐎼𐎮𐎡𐎹 Bạrdiya; Ancient Greek: Σμέρδις Smérdis; possibly died 522 BCE), also named as Tanyoxarces (Ancient Greek: Τανυοξάρκης Tanuoxárkēs) by Ctesias, was a son of Cyrus the Great and the younger brother of Cambyses II, both Persian kings. There are sharply divided views on his life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bardiya has received more than 863,779 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Bardiya is the 3,009th most popular politician (up from 3,074th in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from Iran (down from 103rd in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Iranian Politician.

Bardiya is most famous for being one of the sons of Cyrus the Great. He was killed by his brother Cambyses II.

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  • 860k

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  • 62.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bardiya ranks 3,009 out of 15,577Before him are Prince Augustus William of Prussia, Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, Abbas II of Egypt, August Landmesser, Teos of Egypt, and Odaenathus. After him are Emperor Sakuramachi, Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, Henry II the Pious, Abdul Rahman Arif, Sancho II of Portugal, and Sirimavo Bandaranaike.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 580 BC, Bardiya ranks 2Before him is Pherecydes of Syros. After him is Battus I of Cyrene. Among people deceased in 522 BC, Bardiya ranks 2Before him is Cambyses II. After him is Nebuchadnezzar III.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Bardiya ranks 109 out of 528Before him are Shahnaz Pahlavi (1940), Bahram Chobin (600), Demetrius II Nicator (-161), Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah (873), Tahmasp II (1704), and Yazdegerd II (500). After him are Magtymguly Pyragy (1733), Abbas III (1732), Datis (-600), Ali Shariati (1933), Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1933), and Qazi Muhammad (1893).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Bardiya ranks 63Before him are Al-Hadi (764), Ahmad Shah Qajar (1898), Demetrius II Nicator (-161), Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah (873), Tahmasp II (1704), and Yazdegerd II (500). After him are Abbas III (1732), Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1933), Qazi Muhammad (1893), Arses of Persia (-360), Artavasdes II of Armenia (-100), and Istakhri (850).