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Fasilides

1603 - 1667

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Fasilides (Ge'ez: ፋሲለደስ; Fāsīladas; 20 November 1603 – 18 October 1667), also known as Fasil, Basilide, or Basilides (as in the works of Edward Gibbon), was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1632 to his death on 18 October 1667, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. His throne name was Alam Sagad (Ge'ez: ዓለም ሰገድ). Renowned as the founder of Gondar, the capital of the Ethiopian Empire, Fasilides ushered in the Gondarine period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fasilides has received more than 249,687 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Fasilides is the 9,965th most popular politician (down from 9,895th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Ethiopia (up from 25th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Ethiopian Politician.

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  • 250k

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  • 52.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fasilides ranks 9,965 out of 15,577. Before him are Meir Dizengoff, Aemilia Lepida, Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Princess Augusta of Cambridge, Edén Pastora, and Otto Warburg. After him are Ariobarzanes of Persis, Prince Carl Bernadotte, Mieczysław Rakowski, Ralpacan, Gotarzes II of Parthia, and Antonio Ascari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1603, Fasilides ranks 11. Before him are Adam Olearius, Aert van der Neer, Michel Le Tellier, Yerofey Khabarov, Francesco Furini, and Marco Uccellini. After him are Johannes Cocceius, Roger Williams, Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and Gysbert Japiks. Among people deceased in 1667, Fasilides ranks 14. Before him are Alonzo Cano, Nicolas Sanson, Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau, Peter Snayers, Cornelis van Poelenburgh, and Thomas de Keyser. After him are Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Grégoire de Saint-Vincent, Melchiorre Cafà, Franz Tunder, Giovanni Battista Zupi, and Jean de Thévenot.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Fasilides ranks 23 out of 89. Before him are Abiy Ahmed (1976), Mulatu Teshome (1955), Haile Gebrselassie (1973), Taytu Betul (1851), Yohannes IV (1837), and Mamo Wolde (1932). After him are Zara Yaqob (1399), Mulatu Astatke (1943), Negasso Gidada (1943), Wilfred Thesiger (1910), Dawit II (1496), and Kenenisa Bekele (1982).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Fasilides ranks 18. Before him are Amha Selassie (1916), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), Abiy Ahmed (1976), Mulatu Teshome (1955), Taytu Betul (1851), and Yohannes IV (1837). After him are Negasso Gidada (1943), Dawit II (1496), Zera Yacob Amha Selassie (1953), Ezana of Axum (325), Tafari Benti (1921), and Hailemariam Desalegn (1965).

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