1523 - 1603
Gulbadan Begum (c. 1523 – 7 February 1603) was a Mughal princess and the daughter of Emperor Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire.She is best known as the author of Humayun-Nama, the account of the life of her half-brother, Emperor Humayun, which she wrote on the request of her nephew, Emperor Akbar. Gulbadan's recollection of Babur is brief, but she gives a refreshing account of Humayun's household and provides a rare material regarding his confrontation with her half-brother, Kamran Mirza. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gulbadan Begum has received more than 424,425 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Gulbadan Begum is the 3,285th most popular writer (up from 3,331st in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 73rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Afghan Writer.
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Among writers, Gulbadan Begum ranks 3,285 out of 5,755. Before her are Sibilla Aleramo, Jean-Denis Bredin, Carl Robert Jakobson, Vladislav Vančura, Kondraty Ryleyev, and Giulio Angioni. After her are Rutebeuf, John Mauropous, Teofilo Folengo, Salvador Espriu, Peter Cheyney, and William Langland.
1876 - 1960
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 3,279
1929 - 2021
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 3,280
1841 - 1882
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 3,281
1891 - 1942
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 3,282
1795 - 1826
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 3,283
1939 - 2017
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 3,284
1523 - 1603
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 3,285
1300 - 1285
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 3,286
990 - 1070
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 3,287
1491 - 1544
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 3,288
1913 - 1985
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 3,289
1896 - 1951
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 3,290
1332 - 1386
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 3,291
Among people born in 1523, Gulbadan Begum ranks 10. Before her are Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry, Blaise de Vigenère, Charles de Bourbon, Stradanus, Gaspara Stampa, and Pieter Pourbus. After her are Catherine Carey and Jan Blahoslav. Among people deceased in 1603, Gulbadan Begum ranks 19. Before her are George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, Ostilio Ricci, Philippe de Monte, Yemişçi Hasan Pasha, and Grace O'Malley. After her is Łukasz Górnicki.
1523 - 1574
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 4
1523 - 1596
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 5
1523 - 1590
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 6
1523 - 1605
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 7
1523 - 1554
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 8
1523 - 1584
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 9
1523 - 1603
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 10
1523 - 1569
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 11
1523 - 1571
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 12
1539 - 1603
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 13
1527 - 1603
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 14
1540 - 1603
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 15
1521 - 1603
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 16
1535 - 1603
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 17
1530 - 1603
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 18
1523 - 1603
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 19
1527 - 1603
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 20
Among people born in Afghanistan, Gulbadan Begum ranks 84 out of 145. Before her are Al-Sijzi (945), Wazir Akbar Khan (1816), Heliocles I (-200), Demetrius I of Bactria (-300), Rabia Balkhi (1000), and Amrullah Saleh (1972). After her are Shah Shujah Durrani (1785), Akhtar Mansour (1968), Ayub Khan (1857), Ali Hujwiri (1009), Unsuri (980), and Farrukhi Sistani (980).
945 - 1020
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 78
1816 - 1845
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 79
200 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 80
300 BC - 180 BC
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 81
1000 - Present
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 82
1972 - Present
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 83
1523 - 1603
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 84
1785 - 1842
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 85
1968 - 2016
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 86
1857 - 1914
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 87
1009 - 1072
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 88
980 - 1039
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 89
980 - 1037
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 90
Among writers born in Afghanistan, Gulbadan Begum ranks 6. Before her are Rumi (1207), Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441), Khaled Hosseini (1965), Sanai (1080), and Rabia Balkhi (1000). After her are Unsuri (980), Farrukhi Sistani (980), Atiq Rahimi (1962), Nadia Anjuman (1981), Niloofar Rahmani (1992), and Fatima Bhutto (1982).
1207 - 1273
HPI: 83.10
Rank: 1
1441 - 1501
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 2
1965 - Present
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 3
1080 - 1131
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 4
1000 - Present
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 5
1523 - 1603
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 6
980 - 1039
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 7
980 - 1037
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 8
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 9
1981 - 2005
HPI: 34.31
Rank: 10
1992 - Present
HPI: 33.26
Rank: 11
1982 - Present
HPI: 24.28
Rank: 12