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Iskandar Muda

1583 - 1636

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Iskandar Muda (1583? – 27 December 1636) was the twelfth Sultan of Acèh Darussalam, under whom the sultanate achieved its greatest territorial extent, holding sway as the strongest power and wealthiest state in the western Indonesian archipelago and the Strait of Malacca. "Iskandar Muda" literally means "young Alexander," and his conquests were often compared to those of Alexander the Great. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Iskandar Muda has received more than 130,408 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Iskandar Muda is the 10,106th most popular politician (up from 10,733rd in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Indonesia (up from 37th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Indonesian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Iskandar Muda ranks 10,106 out of 19,576. Before him are Pope Heraclas of Alexandria, Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Prince Francis, Count of Trapani, Natalia Gutman, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, and Agnello Participazio. After him are Ismail al-Azhari, Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, Munjamyeong of Goguryeo, Antipater Etesias, Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus, and Marie Smith Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1583, Iskandar Muda ranks 13. Before him are Pieter Lastman, Jacob De la Gardie, Christian II, Elector of Saxony, Hayashi Razan, Orlando Gibbons, and Jan Porcellis. After him are Eleanor of Prussia, Denis Pétau, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Susanna Hall, and Philip Massinger. Among people deceased in 1636, Iskandar Muda ranks 8. Before him are Date Masamune, Santorio Santorio, Mulla Sadra, Dong Qichang, Sendivogius, and Stefano Maderno. After him are Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, John Albert II, Gregorio Fernández, and Barbara Sophie of Brandenburg.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Iskandar Muda ranks 32 out of 158. Before him are Ki Hajar Dewantara (1889), Raden Saleh (1811), Hamengkubuwono IX (1912), Hella Haasse (1918), Adam Malik (1917), and Cut Nyak Dhien (1850). After him are Tan Malaka (1897), D. N. Aidit (1923), Sutan Sjahrir (1909), Abdul Haris Nasution (1918), Fatmawati (1923), and Julius Darmaatmadja (1934).

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Among POLITICIANS In Indonesia

Among politicians born in Indonesia, Iskandar Muda ranks 17. Before him are Diponegoro (1785), Ma'ruf Amin (1943), Jusuf Kalla (1942), Ki Hajar Dewantara (1889), Hamengkubuwono IX (1912), and Adam Malik (1917). After him are Tan Malaka (1897), D. N. Aidit (1923), Sutan Sjahrir (1909), Fatmawati (1923), Hamengkubuwono X (1946), and Agus Salim (1884).

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