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Firishta

1560 - 1620

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Firishta or Ferešte (Persian: فرشته), full name Muhammad Qasim Hindu Shah Astarabadi (Persian: محمدقاسم هندوشاہ استرابادی), was a Persian historian, who later settled in India and served the Deccan Sultans as their court historian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Firishta has received more than 256,979 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Firishta is the 479th most popular historian, the 406th most popular biography from Iran and the 7th most popular Iranian Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Firishta ranks 479 out of 561. Before him are Rudolph Rummel, Anvar Chingizoglu, Catharine Macaulay, Sara Ashurbeyli, Christopher Browning, and Samuel Eliot Morison. After him are Alfred W. Crosby, N. G. L. Hammond, William of Newburgh, Richard Overy, Kenneth Clark, and Aleks Buda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1560, Firishta ranks 22. Before him are Jan Gruter, Domenico Tintoretto, Felice Anerio, Heinrich Khunrath, Ernest Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, and Basawan.  Among people deceased in 1620, Firishta ranks 12. Before him are Stanisław Żółkiewski, Louise de Coligny, Carlo Saraceni, Jan Sarkander, William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, and Archduchess Eleanor of Austria. After him is Thomas Campion.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Firishta ranks 406 out of 631. Before him are Mohammad Ali Jafari (1957), Homa Darabi (1940), Hadi Choopan (1987), Andy (1958), Amir Ghalenoei (1963), and Yusuf Adil Shah (1459). After him are Hossein Alizadeh (1951), Harold Nicolson (1886), Ali Karimi (1978), Masih Alinejad (1976), Hossein Shahabi (1967), and Mina Ahadi (1956).

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Among HISTORIANS In Iran

Among historians born in Iran, Firishta ranks 7. Before him are Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (897), Ibn al-Faqih (null), Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi (1500), Ahmad Kasravi (1890), Hafiz-i Abru (null), and Ehsan Yarshater (1920).

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