Politician

Karim Khan Zand

Vakil-e Ra'aya

1705 - 1779

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Karim Khan Zand

His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2024). Karim Khan Zand is the 4,965th most popular politician (down from 3,011th in 2024), the 164th most popular biography from Iran (down from 118th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular Iranian Politician.

Karim Khan Zand was a 17th century Persian ruler who was the founder of the Zand dynasty. He is most famous for successfully defending Iran against the invasion of the Afghans in 1759.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Karim Khan Zand ranks 4,963 out of 19,576. Before him are Karl Lueger, Karel Čurda, Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, Louis de Bonald, James I, Count of La Marche, and Xun Yu. After him are Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, John IV, Duke of Brittany, August Landmesser, Louis I, Count of Flanders, Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, and Francis, Duke of Teck.

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Karl Lueger
1844 - 1910
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 4,959
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HPI: 66.61
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Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar
1929 - 2024
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Louis de Bonald
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HPI: 66.60
Rank: 4,965
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HPI: 66.60
Rank: 4,966
John IV, Duke of Brittany
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HPI: 66.60
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August Landmesser
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HPI: 66.59
Rank: 4,968
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HPI: 66.59
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Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild
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HPI: 66.59
Rank: 4,970
Francis, Duke of Teck
1837 - 1900
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 4,971

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1705, Karim Khan Zand ranks 4. Before him are Pope Clement XIV, Farinelli, and Leopold Joseph von Daun. After him are Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, Charles-André van Loo, Jacques-François Blondel, David Hartley, Peter Artedi, Gerhard Friedrich Müller, Maximilian Ulysses Browne, and Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa. Among people deceased in 1779, Karim Khan Zand ranks 6. Before him are James Cook, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Anton Raphael Mengs, Emperor Go-Momozono, and Thomas Chippendale. After him are John Kay, Casimir Pulaski, David Garrick, William Boyce, Tommaso Traetta, and Louis de Jaucourt.

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Pope Clement XIV
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1705 - 1774
HPI: 82.13
Rank: 1
Farinelli
SINGER
1705 - 1782
HPI: 77.22
Rank: 2
Leopold Joseph von Daun
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1705 - 1766
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 3
Karim Khan Zand
POLITICIAN
1705 - 1779
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 4
Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier
EXPLORER
1705 - 1786
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 5
Charles-André van Loo
PAINTER
1705 - 1765
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 6
Jacques-François Blondel
ARCHITECT
1705 - 1774
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 7
David Hartley
PHILOSOPHER
1705 - 1757
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 8
Peter Artedi
BIOLOGIST
1705 - 1735
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 9
Gerhard Friedrich Müller
HISTORIAN
1705 - 1783
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 10
Maximilian Ulysses Browne
POLITICIAN
1705 - 1757
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 11
Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa
WRITER
1705 - 1753
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 12