849 - 907
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 64,739 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Isma'il ibn Ahmad is the 2,890th most popular politician (up from 3,140th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Uzbekistan and the 6th 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, Isma'il ibn Ahmad ranks 2,890 out of 15,577. Before him are Parashurama, Konrad Henlein, Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah, Abaoji, Milan Kučan, and Sweyn III of Denmark. After him are Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, Basarab I of Wallachia, Charles III, Prince of Monaco, Ildibad, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, and Al-Walid II.
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 2,884
1898 - 1945
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 2,885
873 - 934
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 2,886
872 - 926
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 2,887
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 2,888
1125 - 1157
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 2,889
849 - 907
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 2,890
1887 - 1908
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 2,891
1275 - 1352
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 2,892
1818 - 1889
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 2,893
450 - 541
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 2,894
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 2,895
706 - 744
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 2,896
Among people born in 849, Isma'il ibn Ahmad ranks 2. Before him is Alfred the Great. After him is Ashot II of Armenia. Among people deceased in 907, Isma'il ibn Ahmad ranks 3. Before him are Árpád and Boris I of Bulgaria. After him are Herbert I, Count of Vermandois and Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria.
849 - 899
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 1
849 - 907
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 2
849 - 928
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 3
845 - 907
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 1
828 - 907
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 2
849 - 907
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 3
850 - 907
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 4
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 5
Among people born in Uzbekistan, Isma'il ibn Ahmad ranks 14 out of 145. Before him are Islam Karimov (1938), Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (893), Shah Rukh (1377), Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari (1327), Shavkat Mirziyoyev (1957), and Habibullah Khan (1872). After him are Mohammed Alim Khan (1880), Anna German (1936), Alisher Usmanov (1953), Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani (810), Viktor Bryukhanov (1935), and Yaqub Beg (1820).
1938 - 2016
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 8
893 - 944
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 9
1377 - 1447
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 10
1327 - 1390
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 11
1957 - Present
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 12
1872 - 1919
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 13
849 - 907
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 14
1880 - 1944
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 15
1936 - 1982
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 16
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 17
810 - 860
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 18
1935 - 2021
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 19
1820 - 1877
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 20
Among politicians born in Uzbekistan, Isma'il ibn Ahmad ranks 6. Before him are Babur (1483), Islam Karimov (1938), Shah Rukh (1377), Shavkat Mirziyoyev (1957), and Habibullah Khan (1872). After him are Mohammed Alim Khan (1880), Yaqub Beg (1820), Abdullah Khan II (1533), Abdal-Latif Mirza (1420), Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat (1499), and Goharshad Begum (1400).
1483 - 1530
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 1
1938 - 2016
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 2
1377 - 1447
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 3
1957 - Present
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 4
1872 - 1919
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 5
849 - 907
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 6
1880 - 1944
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 7
1820 - 1877
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 8
1533 - 1598
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 9
1420 - 1450
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 10
1499 - 1551
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 11
1400 - 1457
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 12