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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 16,594 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jaafar Al-Askari is the 13,232nd most popular politician (down from 11,878th in 2019), the 289th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 267th in 2019) and the 185th most popular Iraqi Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jaafar Al-Askari ranks 13,232 out of 15,577Before him are Atef Ebeid, Nicanor Duarte, Apolo Nsibambi, Sumu-Epuh, Hassan Ali Khayre, and Gerhard Stoltenberg. After him are Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, Ramon Dekkers, Ján Kubiš, Ecgfrith of Mercia, Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen, and Ahmed Laraki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Jaafar Al-Askari ranks 164Before him are Alexander Tairov, Sophia Parnok, Frederic Lewy, Iuliu Hossu, Johannes de Jong, and István Somodi. After him are Nils Hellsten, Charles Daniels, Pierre Dupong, Richmond K. Turner, Artur Lemba, and Emil Väre. Among people deceased in 1936, Jaafar Al-Askari ranks 135Before him are Oscar von Sydow, Niels Neergaard, Panagis Tsaldaris, Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, Alexander Karpinsky, and A. E. Housman. After him are Fulgence Bienvenüe, Billy Mitchell, Friedrich Sixt von Armin, Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Domenico Mezzadri, and Jacques Sautereau.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Jaafar Al-Askari ranks 289 out of 338Before him are Ashur-resh-ishi II (-1100), Raghad Hussein (1968), Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (1931), Akurgal (-2600), Ashur-bel-nisheshu (-1500), and Karim Findi (1946). After him are Ninurta-tukulti-Ashur (-1200), Abu Ali al-Anbari (1957), Eriba-Adad II (-1100), Hussein Saeed (1958), Ali Larijani (1957), and Ashur-rim-nisheshu (-1490).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Jaafar Al-Askari ranks 185Before him are En-anna-tum I (-2500), Puzur-Ashur III (-1600), Ashur-nirari IV (-1100), Ashur-resh-ishi II (-1100), Raghad Hussein (1968), and Ashur-bel-nisheshu (-1500). After him are Ninurta-tukulti-Ashur (-1200), Eriba-Adad II (-1100), Ali Larijani (1957), Ashur-rim-nisheshu (-1490), Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi (1948), and Abdul Aziz al-Hakim (1952).