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Ismail Khan

1946 - Today

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Mohammad Ismail Khan (Dari/Pashto: محمد اسماعیل خان) (born 1946) is an Afghan former 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 as he controlled a large 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 388,620 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Ismail Khan is the 6,512th most popular politician (up from 9,736th in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 63rd in 2019) and the 40th most popular Afghan Politician.

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  • 56.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ismail Khan ranks 6,512 out of 15,577. Before him are Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Oliver Winchester, Sooronbay Jeenbekov, Jean Castex, and Roland Bonaparte. After him are Emperor Takakura, Irina Godunova, Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe, Pharnaces I of Pontus, Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Haakon II of Norway.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Ismail Khan ranks 144. Before him are Mohamed Abdelaziz, Jochen Mass, Artur Jorge, Issa Hayatou, Brenda Blethyn, and Tony Levin. After him are Georges J. F. Köhler, Alpha Oumar Konaré, Duane Allman, Anthony Daniels, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, and Brigitte Fossey.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Ismail Khan ranks 55 out of 145. Before him are Abu Zayd al-Balkhi (850), Humaira Begum (1918), Abu Sa'id Gardezi (1100), Tahir ibn Husayn (776), Dost Mohammad Khan (1793), and Haji Mohammad Chamkani (1947). After him are Muhammad Shah (1702), Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968), Abu Sa'id Mirza (1424), Sanai (1080), Abdullah Abdullah (1960), and Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Ismail Khan ranks 40. Before him are Abdul Rahim Hatif (1926), Bairam Khan (1501), Diodotus I (-285), Tahir ibn Husayn (776), Dost Mohammad Khan (1793), and Haji Mohammad Chamkani (1947). After him are Muhammad Shah (1702), Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968), Abu Sa'id Mirza (1424), Abdullah Abdullah (1960), Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840), and Diodotus II (-252).

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