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Haji Bektash Veli

Anatolian Muslim mystic

1209 - 1271

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His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Haji Bektash Veli is the 392nd most popular philosopher (down from 353rd in 2024), the 129th most popular biography from Iran (down from 116th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Iranian Philosopher.

Haji Bektash Veli is most famous for the Bektashi Order, a Sufi order of Islam.

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Haji Bektash Veli's biography spans 28 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 68.44.

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Among Philosophers

Among philosophers, Haji Bektash Veli ranks 392 out of 1,285. Before him are Ágnes Heller, Philo of Larissa, Ban Zhao, Richard Avenarius, Guan Zhong, and Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi. After him are Saadia Gaon, Archelaus, A. S. Neill, J. L. Austin, Bartolus de Saxoferrato, and Anne Conway.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1209, Haji Bektash Veli ranks 5. Before him are Möngke Khan, Berke, Richard of Cornwall, and Sancho II of Portugal. After him is Valdemar the Young. Among people deceased in 1271, Haji Bektash Veli ranks 2. Before him is Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France. After him are Alphonse, Count of Poitiers, Ghiyas-ud-din Baraq, Isabella of France, Queen of Navarre, Stephen the Posthumous, Michael II Komnenos Doukas, Alexios Strategopoulos, Helena Angelina Doukaina, Joan, Countess of Toulouse, Vardan Areveltsi, and Margaret of France, Duchess of Brabant.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Haji Bektash Veli ranks 129 out of 800. Before him are Ata-Malik Juvayni (1226), Abu Hanifa Dinawari (815), Jahan Shah (1397), Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1933), Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi (1155), and Arsaces I of Parthia (-280). After him are Shahnaz Pahlavi (1940), Amytis of Media (-630), Mohammad Shah Qajar (1808), Vologases IV (150), Phraates IV (-90), and Mulla Sadra (1571).

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Among Philosophers In Iran

Among philosophers born in Iran, Haji Bektash Veli ranks 9. Before him are Bodhidharma (483), Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1149), Bayazid Bastami (804), Miskawayh (932), Mazdak (450), and Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi (1155). After him are Mulla Sadra (1571), Al-Baydawi (1201), Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi (1145), Al-Taftazani (1322), Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai (1892), and Hossein Nasr (1933).

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