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Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād

1450 - 1535

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Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād (c. 1455/60–1535), also known as Kamal al-din Bihzad or Kamaleddin Behzād (Persian: کمال‌الدین بهزاد), was a Persian painter and head of the royal ateliers in Herat and Tabriz during the late Timurid and early Safavid Periods. He is regarded as marking the highpoint of the great tradition of Islamic miniature painting. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād has received more than 200,569 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād is the 255th most popular painter (up from 298th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 28th in 2019) and the most popular Afghan Painter.

Kamāl ud-dīn behzād is most famous for the painting of the Mughal emperor Akbar.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād ranks 255 out of 2,023. Before him are Carel Fabritius, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Giacomo Balla, Hubert van Eyck, Federico Barocci, and Ivan Kramskoi. After him are Salvator Rosa, Gentile da Fabriano, Kees van Dongen, August Macke, Henri Fantin-Latour, and Antoni Tàpies.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1450, Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād ranks 8. Before him are Hieronymus Bosch, Josquin des Prez, John Cabot, Luca Signorelli, Yejong of Joseon, and Kara Ahmed Pasha. After him are Diogo Dias, Martin Schongauer, Francisco de Almeida, Marko Marulić, Gerard David, and Veit Stoss. Among people deceased in 1535, Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād ranks 3. Before him are Thomas More, and Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa. After him are Francesco II Sforza, Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Lorenzo Costa, John Fisher, Ippolito de' Medici, Gustav Trolle, and Bartolomeo Tromboncino.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād ranks 19 out of 177. Before him are Muhammad of Ghor (1160), Hafizullah Amin (1929), Amanullah Khan (1892), Babrak Karmal (1929), Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940), and Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909). After him are Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917), Moinuddin Chishti (1142), Hibatullah Akhundzada (1961), Nur Jahan (1577), Ashraf Ghani (1949), and Ahmad Shah Durrani (1722).

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Among PAINTERS In Afghanistan

Among painters born in Afghanistan, Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād ranks 1. 

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