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Isma'il ibn Ahmad

849 - 907

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Abū Ibrāhīm Ismā'īl ibn-i Aḥmad-i Sāmāni (Persian: ابو ابراهیم اسماعیل بن احمد سامانی; May 849 – 24 November 907), better known simply as Ismail-i Samani (اسماعیل سامانی), and also known as Isma'il ibn-i Ahmad (اسماعیل بن احمد), was the Samanid amir of Transoxiana (892–907) and Khorasan (900–907). His reign saw the emergence of the Samanids as a powerful force. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isma'il ibn Ahmad has received more than 68,090 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Isma'il ibn Ahmad is the 2,167th most popular politician (up from 2,881st in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Uzbekistan (up from 14th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Uzbekistani Politician.

Isma'il ibn Ahmad is most famous for being the founder of the Safavid dynasty, which ruled Iran from 1501 to 1722.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Isma'il ibn Ahmad ranks 2,167 out of 19,576Before him are Sporus, Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Cyril Ramaphosa, Thaksin Shinawatra, Teia, and Gianni Agnelli. After him are Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Pedro V of Portugal, Julius Martov, Choe Yong-gon, Julia Drusilla, and Charles Martel of Anjou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 849, Isma'il ibn Ahmad ranks 2Before him is Alfred the Great. After him is Ashot II of Armenia. Among people deceased in 907, Isma'il ibn Ahmad ranks 3Before him are Árpád, and Boris I of Bulgaria. After him are Herbert I, Count of Vermandois, Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria, and Alan I, King of Brittany.

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In Uzbekistan

Among people born in Uzbekistan, Isma'il ibn Ahmad ranks 12 out of 190Before him are Al-Tirmidhi (824), Islam Karimov (1938), Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (893), Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari (1327), Shavkat Mirziyoyev (1957), and Shah Rukh (1377). After him are Alp-Tegin (963), Mohammed Alim Khan (1880), Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani (810), Habibullah Khan (1872), Sadriddin Ayni (1878), and Yaqub Beg (1820).

Among POLITICIANS In Uzbekistan

Among politicians born in Uzbekistan, Isma'il ibn Ahmad ranks 5Before him are Babur (1483), Islam Karimov (1938), Shavkat Mirziyoyev (1957), and Shah Rukh (1377). After him are Alp-Tegin (963), Mohammed Alim Khan (1880), Habibullah Khan (1872), Yaqub Beg (1820), Abdal-Latif Mirza (1420), Abdullah Khan II (1533), and Fayzulla Khodzhayev (1896).