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Dadullah

1966 - 2007

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Dadullah (1966 – May 11, 2007) was the Taliban's most senior military commander in Afghanistan until his death in 2007. He was also known as Maulavi or Mullah Dadullah Akhund (Pashto: ملا دادالله آخوند). He also earned the nickname of Lang, meaning "lame" (as in Timur Lang), because of a leg he lost during fighting.An ethnic Pashtun from the Kakar tribe of Kandahar Province, he was known as "The Butcher", even among fellow Taliban members, for his outbursts of violence, notably in cutting men's heads off, as per some even being stripped of his command at least two times by Mullah Omar due to his extreme behavior.According to the United Nations' list of entities belonging to or associated with the Al-Qaeda organization, he had been the Taliban's Minister of Construction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dadullah has received more than 150,004 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Dadullah is the 16,908th most popular politician (down from 15,620th in 2019), the 135th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 122nd in 2019) and the 96th most popular Afghan Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dadullahs by language

Over the past year Dadullah has had the most page views in the with 19,205 views, followed by Persian (5,401), and Russian (4,274). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Indonesian (39.92%), Danish (36.73%), and Urdu (31.16%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dadullah ranks 16,908 out of 19,576. Before him are Andrew Young, Stefan Sofiyanski, Jake Garn, Siv Jensen, Iryna Vereshchuk, and James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose. After him are Paulo Muwanga, María Jesús Montero, Jean-Max Bellerive, Nell Arthur, Jeremy Hunt, and Donald Dewar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Dadullah ranks 391. Before him are Kyōko Koizumi, David Filo, Michelle Hurd, Jes Høgh, Chris Bauer, and Andrea Tafi. After him are María Jesús Montero, Jeremy Hunt, Iztok Puc, Stone Gossard, Sergei Puskepalis, and Mike Starr. Among people deceased in 2007, Dadullah ranks 373. Before him are Alice Ghostley, Andrew Hill, Herb McKenley, Kenji Nagai, Dusty Anderson, and Yelena Romanova. After him are Yelena Petushkova, Bob Clark, Tillie Olsen, F. Albert Cotton, Ian Wallace, and Fenny Heemskerk.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Dadullah ranks 135 out of 177. Before him are Bismillah Khan Mohammadi (1961), Mohammad Rabbani (1955), Ahmad Massoud (1989), Agathokleia (-200), Ali Shah Durrani (1800), and Nadia Nadim (1988). After him are Suhail Shaheen (null), Sirajuddin Haqqani (1970), Zablon Simintov (1960), Abdul Rahman (1965), Sitara Achakzai (1957), and Nasrin Oryakhil (1964).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Dadullah ranks 96. Before him are Euthydemus II (-200), Bismillah Khan Mohammadi (1961), Mohammad Rabbani (1955), Ahmad Massoud (1989), Agathokleia (-200), and Ali Shah Durrani (1800). After him are Suhail Shaheen (null), Sirajuddin Haqqani (1970), Sitara Achakzai (1957), Nasrin Oryakhil (1964), Malalai Kakar (1967), and Zabiullah Mujahid (1978).

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