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Barquq

1339 - 1399

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Al-Malik Az-Zahir Sayf ad-Din Barquq (Arabic: الملك الظاهر سيف الدين برقوق; born c. 1336) was the first Sultan of the Circassian Mamluk Burji dynasty of Egypt ruling from 1382 to 1389 and 1390 to 1399. Born to a Christian father in Circassia, Barquq was enslaved and later arrived in Egypt. He deposed sultan al-Salih Hajji to claim the throne for himself. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barquq has received more than 131,763 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Barquq is the 3,833rd most popular politician (up from 4,579th in 2019).

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  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Barquq ranks 3,833 out of 19,576. Before him are Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Chen Shou, Hans Modrow, Sancho Ramírez, Joscelin III, Count of Edessa, and Tuman bay II. After him are Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh, Emperor Yuan of Jin, Francis IV, Duke of Modena, King Cheng of Zhou, Jia Xu, and Edigu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1339, Barquq ranks 5. Before him are Pope Innocent VII, Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Antipope Alexander V, and Louis I, Duke of Anjou. After him are Eric XII of Sweden, Anna von Schweidnitz, Blanche of Bourbon, Juana Manuel, John IV, Duke of Brittany, Frederick, Duke of Bavaria, and Muhammad V of Granada. Among people deceased in 1399, Barquq ranks 4. Before him are Jadwiga of Poland, John of Gaunt, and Peter Parler. After him are John IV, Duke of Brittany, Temür Qutlugh, Helen of Bosnia, Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, and John Spata.

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