1772 - 1834
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (Persian: فتحعلىشاه قاجار, romanized: Fatḥ-ʻAli Šâh Qâjâr; May 1769 – 24 October 1834) was the second Shah (king) of Qajar Iran. He reigned from 17 June 1797 until his death on 24 October 1834. His reign saw the irrevocable ceding of Iran's northern territories in the Caucasus, comprising what is nowadays Georgia, Dagestan, Azerbaijan, and Armenia, to the Russian Empire following the Russo-Persian Wars of 1804–1813 and 1826–1828 and the resulting treaties of Gulistan and Turkmenchay. Historian Joseph M. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar has received more than 668,265 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Fath-Ali Shah Qajar is the 2,232nd most popular politician (up from 2,991st in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Iran (up from 101st in 2019) and the 44th most popular Iranian Politician.
Fath-ali shah qajar was the second shah of the qajar dynasty and is most famous for his military campaigns against Russia and his modernization of Iran.
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Among politicians, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar ranks 2,232 out of 15,577. Before him are Albert III, Duke of Austria, Alexander, Theodora Porphyrogenita, Vladimir Ivashko, Gwanggaeto the Great, and Erich Koch. After him are Alfonso the Battler, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Al-Mutawakkil, Henry III of Castile, Henry X, Duke of Bavaria, and Fahri Korutürk.
1349 - 1395
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 2,226
870 - 913
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 2,227
984 - 1056
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 2,228
1932 - 1994
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 2,229
374 - 413
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 2,230
1896 - 1986
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 2,231
1772 - 1834
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 2,232
1073 - 1134
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 2,233
1939 - Present
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 2,234
822 - 861
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 2,235
1379 - 1406
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 2,236
1108 - 1139
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 2,237
1903 - 1987
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 2,238
Among people born in 1772, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar ranks 9. Before him are Charles Fourier, William I of the Netherlands, Friedrich Schlegel, Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily, Ram Mohan Roy, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. After him are Nachman of Breslov, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, Marie Anne Lenormand, Henri de la Rochejaquelein, and Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia. Among people deceased in 1834, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar ranks 8. Before him are Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Pedro I of Brazil, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Joseph Marie Jacquard, Sunjo of Joseon, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. After him are Alois Senefelder, William Carey, Karl Ludwig Harding, Husein Gradaščević, François-Adrien Boieldieu, and Jacques Balmat.
1772 - 1837
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 3
1772 - 1843
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 4
1772 - 1829
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 5
1772 - 1807
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 6
1772 - 1833
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 7
1772 - 1834
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 8
1772 - 1834
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 9
1772 - 1810
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 10
1772 - 1844
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 11
1772 - 1804
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 12
1772 - 1843
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 13
1772 - 1794
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 14
1772 - 1806
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 15
1757 - 1834
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 2
1798 - 1834
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 3
1768 - 1834
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 4
1752 - 1834
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 5
1790 - 1834
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 6
1772 - 1834
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 7
1772 - 1834
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 8
1771 - 1834
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 9
1761 - 1834
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 10
1765 - 1834
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 11
1802 - 1834
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 12
1775 - 1834
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 13
1762 - 1834
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 14
Among people born in Iran, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar ranks 80 out of 528. Before him are Abbas II of Persia (1633), Tekuder (1247), Muhammad I Tapar (1082), Moshe Katsav (1945), Mohammad Khodabanda (1531), and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1934). After him are Öljaitü (1280), Psamtik III (-590), Ibn Khordadbeh (820), Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1149), Ali al-Sistani (1930), and Mohammad Khatami (1943).
1633 - 1666
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 74
1247 - 1284
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 75
1082 - 1118
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 76
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 77
1531 - 1595
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 78
1934 - 2017
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 79
1772 - 1834
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 80
1280 - 1316
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 81
590 BC - 525 BC
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 82
820 - 912
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 83
1149 - 1209
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 84
1930 - Present
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 85
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 86
Among politicians born in Iran, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar ranks 44. Before him are Abbas II of Persia (1633), Tekuder (1247), Muhammad I Tapar (1082), Moshe Katsav (1945), Mohammad Khodabanda (1531), and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1934). After him are Öljaitü (1280), Psamtik III (-590), Ali al-Sistani (1930), Mohammad Khatami (1943), Bahram V (406), and Atossa (-550).
1633 - 1666
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 38
1247 - 1284
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 39
1082 - 1118
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 40
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 41
1531 - 1595
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 42
1934 - 2017
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 43
1772 - 1834
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 44
1280 - 1316
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 45
590 BC - 525 BC
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 46
1930 - Present
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 47
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 48
406 - 438
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 49
550 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 50