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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin

800 - 841

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Ḥaydar ibn Kāwūs (Arabic: حيدر بن كاوس, Persian: خِیذَر اِبنِ کاووس, romanized: Kheyzar ebn-e Kāvus), better known by his hereditary title of al-Afshīn (Arabic: الأفشين, Persian: اَفشین, romanized: Afshin), was a senior general of Sogdian Iranian descent at the court of the Abbasid caliphs and a vassal prince of Oshrusana. He played a leading role in the campaigns of Caliph al-Mu'tasim, and was responsible for the suppression of the rebellion of Babak Khorramdin and for his battlefield victory over the Byzantine emperor Theophilos during the Amorium campaign. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin has received more than 49,406 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin is the 756th most popular military personnel (down from 704th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Tajikistan and the most popular Tadzhik Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin ranks 756 out of 1,468Before her are Jean II Le Maingre, Saitō Dōsan, Marcantonio Colonna, Joseph Boxhall, Ettore Bastico, and Jarosław Dąbrowski. After her are Inés Suárez, Nikolay Krylov, Seiichi Itō, Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, Karl Mauss, and Jean Maximilien Lamarque.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 800, Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin ranks 28Before her are Andal, Omurtag of Bulgaria, Gerberga, wife of Carloman I, Himiltrude, Ratchis, and Mauregatus of Asturias. After her are Beorhtric of Wessex, Conrad I, Count of Auxerre, Nominoe, Giustiniano Participazio, Aznar Galíndez I, and Hildeprand. Among people deceased in 841, Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin ranks 1After her is Eanred of Northumbria.

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In Tajikistan

Among people born in Tajikistan, Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin ranks 7 out of 27Before her are Roxana (-347), Rudaki (860), Emomali Rahmon (1952), Spitamenes (-400), Nasir Khusraw (1004), and Rahmon Nabiyev (1930). After her are Oqil Oqilov (1944), Abu-Mahmud Khojandi (940), Nellie Kim (1957), Vladimir Voinovich (1932), Kokhir Rasulzoda (1959), and Qahhor Mahkamov (1932).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Tajikistan

Among military personnels born in Tajikistan, Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin ranks 1