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Ismail Khan

1946 - Today

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Mohammad Ismail Khan (Dari/Pashto: محمد اسماعیل خان; born 1946), better known as Ismail Khan, is an Afghan former military officer, warlord and politician who served as Minister of Energy and Water from 2005 to 2013 and before that served as the governor of Herat Province. Originally a captain in the Afghan Army, he is widely known as a former warlord who controlled a large Afghan mujahideen force, mainly his fellow Tajiks from western Afghanistan, during the Soviet–Afghan War. His reputation gained him the nickname Lion of Herat. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ismail Khan has received more than 422,391 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Ismail Khan is the 7,856th most popular politician (down from 6,496th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 55th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Afghan Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ismail Khan ranks 7,856 out of 19,576. Before him are Leopold Figl, Rostislav I of Kiev, Jonas Basanavičius, Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy, Xu Shichang, and Prince Ernst August of Hanover. After him are Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, Henry Beaufort, Yuriko Koike, Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, Fazlollah Zahedi, and Nouhak Phoumsavanh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Ismail Khan ranks 197. Before him are Irena Szewińska, Maria Bethânia, Matthieu Ricard, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Claire Denis, and Toquinho. After him are Jean-Jacques Beineix, Héctor Lavoe, Stephen Rea, Sven Nordqvist, Colin Burgess, and Krister Henriksson.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Ismail Khan ranks 62 out of 177. Before him are Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji (1101), Sanai (1080), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949), Jalal-ud-din Khalji (1220), Kujula Kadphises (20), and Baysunghur (1397). After him are Mirwais Hotak (1673), Ashraf Hotak (1700), Ahmad Zahir (1946), Muhammad Shah (1702), Dost Mohammad Khan (1793), and Eucratides I (-170).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Ismail Khan ranks 43. Before him are Inayatullah Khan (1888), Saman Khuda (701), Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949), Jalal-ud-din Khalji (1220), and Kujula Kadphises (20). After him are Mirwais Hotak (1673), Ashraf Hotak (1700), Muhammad Shah (1702), Dost Mohammad Khan (1793), Eucratides I (-170), and Diodotus II (-252).

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