POLITICIAN

Jalal-ud-din Khalji

1220 - 1296

Photo of Jalal-ud-din Khalji

Icon of person Jalal-ud-din Khalji

Jalal-ud-Din Khalji, also known as Firuz al-Din Khalji or Jalaluddin Khilji (Pashto; جلال الدين خلیجي c. 1220 – 19 July 1296, r. 1290–1296) was the founder and first Sultan of the Khalji dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate of India from 1290 to 1320. Originally named Firuz, Jalal-ud-Din started his career as an officer of the Mamluk dynasty, and rose to an important position under Sultan Muizzuddin Qaiqabad. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jalal-ud-din Khalji has received more than 598,217 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Jalal-ud-din Khalji is the 7,432nd most popular politician (up from 7,841st in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 67th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Afghan Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jalal-ud-din Khalji ranks 7,432 out of 19,576. Before him are Mstislav of Chernigov, Mindon Min, Washington Luís, Conrad I, Count of Luxembourg, Li Yu, and José Antonio Páez. After him are Mir Jafar Baghirov, Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe, John Hancock, Wiman of Gojoseon, Pierre Messmer, and Vasile Milea.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1220, Jalal-ud-din Khalji ranks 13. Before him are Stefan Uroš I, Traidenis, Alphonse, Count of Poitiers, Ugolino della Gherardesca, Emperor Go-Saga, and Enzo of Sardinia. After him are Irene Komnene Doukaina, Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi, Joan, Countess of Ponthieu, Ulrich III, Duke of Carinthia, Joan, Countess of Toulouse, and Rabban Bar Sauma. Among people deceased in 1296, Jalal-ud-din Khalji ranks 5. Before him are Pope Celestine V, Przemysł II, Dnyaneshwar, and Floris V, Count of Holland. After him are Konrad von Feuchtwangen, Louis III, Duke of Bavaria, Campanus of Novara, Edmund Crouchback, and Guido Bonatti.

Others Born in 1220

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1296

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Jalal-ud-din Khalji ranks 59 out of 177. Before him are Abu Sa'id Gardezi (1100), Abu Maʿshar (787), Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840), Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji (1101), Sanai (1080), and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949). After him are Kujula Kadphises (20), Baysunghur (1397), Ismail Khan (1946), Mirwais Hotak (1673), Ashraf Hotak (1700), and Ahmad Zahir (1946).

Others born in Afghanistan

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Jalal-ud-din Khalji ranks 41. Before him are Abdul Rahim Hatif (1926), Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968), Inayatullah Khan (1888), Saman Khuda (701), Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840), and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949). After him are Kujula Kadphises (20), Ismail Khan (1946), Mirwais Hotak (1673), Ashraf Hotak (1700), Muhammad Shah (1702), and Dost Mohammad Khan (1793).

Afghan born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous