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Jaafar Al-Askari

1885 - 1936

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Ja'far Pasha al-Askari (Arabic: جعفر باشا العسكري, Ja‘far Bāsha al-‘Askari;‎ 15 September 1885 – 29 October 1936) was an Iraqi politician who served twice as Prime Minister of Iraq in 1923–1924 and again in 1926–1927. Al-Askari served in the Ottoman Army during World War I until he was captured by British forces. After his release, he was converted to the cause of Arab nationalism and joined forces with Faisal I and Lawrence of Arabia with his brother-in-law, Nuri al-Said, who also served as Prime Minister of Iraq. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jaafar Al-Askari has received more than 17,222 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jaafar Al-Askari is the 12,961st most popular politician (up from 13,187th in 2019), the 299th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 287th in 2019) and the 185th most popular Iraqi Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jaafar Al-Askari ranks 12,961 out of 19,576. Before him are Cosmo Duff-Gordon, Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, Rudolf Augstein, Júlio Prestes, Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Józef Oleksy. After him are Ruslan Khomchak, Tigranes V of Armenia, Ralf Törngren, Aristobulus of Chalcis, Pamba, and Jung Bahadur Rana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Jaafar Al-Askari ranks 160. Before him are Nadezhda Udaltsova, Richmond K. Turner, Paul Leni, Mae Murray, Giovanni Martinelli, and Emmy Hennings. After him are Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski, Charles Daniels, Romà Forns, Iuliu Hossu, Ōsugi Sakae, and Charles Bacon. Among people deceased in 1936, Jaafar Al-Askari ranks 135. Before him are Leon Wyczółkowski, Juho Sunila, Louise Bryant, Friedrich Sixt von Armin, Manuel Goded Llopis, and Panagis Tsaldaris. After him are Ma Zhongying, Alexander Karpinsky, Claudia Muzio, Vasyl Stefanyk, Vilho Lampi, and Huang Fu.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Jaafar Al-Askari ranks 299 out of 384. Before him are Khalifah ibn Khayyat (777), Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (1879), Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi (1938), Dinkha IV (1935), Tariq al-Hashimi (1942), and Enlil-kudurri-usur (-1300). After him are Mesannepada (-2490), Louis Raphaël I Sako (1948), Ashur-nirari III (-1300), Puzur-Ashur III (-1600), Ashur-bel-nisheshu (-1500), and Ashur-nirari IV (-1100).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Jaafar Al-Askari ranks 185. Before him are Tahir Yahya (1913), Ali Larijani (1957), Ashur-nadin-ahhe II (-1500), Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi (1938), Tariq al-Hashimi (1942), and Enlil-kudurri-usur (-1300). After him are Mesannepada (-2490), Ashur-nirari III (-1300), Puzur-Ashur III (-1600), Ashur-bel-nisheshu (-1500), Ashur-nirari IV (-1100), and Ashur-nadin-apli (-1300).

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