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Mahmud Tarzi

1865 - 1933

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Mahmud Tarzi (Pashto: محمود طرزۍ, Dari: محمود بیگ طرزی; August 23, 1865 – November 22, 1933) was an Afghan politician and intellectual. He is known as the father of Afghan journalism. He became a key figure in the history of Afghanistan, following the lead of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Turkey by working for modernization and secularization, and strongly opposing religious extremism and obscurantism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mahmud Tarzi has received more than 119,644 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mahmud Tarzi is the 12,612th most popular politician (down from 11,856th in 2019), the 95th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 79th in 2019) and the 65th most popular Afghan Politician.

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  • 15

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mahmud Tarzi ranks 12,612 out of 15,577Before him are Daniel Kablan Duncan, Rudolf Walden, Gaius Calpurnius Piso, Spyridon Trikoupis, Anand Panyarachun, and Józef Bilczewski. After him are Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, Benjamin Sheares, Henry Knox, Sanjay Gandhi, Stefan Yanev, and Froyla Tzalam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Mahmud Tarzi ranks 118Before him are Jacques Mieses, Wilson Bentley, Albert Aurier, Pekka Halonen, Madison Grant, and Robert Henri. After him are Lily Braun, Guido Castelnuovo, Ursula Ledóchowska, Charles Champaud, Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević, and Lionel Dunsterville. Among people deceased in 1933, Mahmud Tarzi ranks 90Before him are Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, Friedrich von Ingenohl, José Malhoa, Renée Adorée, Antonín Švehla, and Alexander von Krobatin. After him are George Calnan, Kamini Roy, Sara Teasdale, Steponas Darius, Lilla Cabot Perry, and Alfréd Haar.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Mahmud Tarzi ranks 95 out of 145Before him are Unsuri (980), Farrukhi Sistani (980), Abdul Rasul Sayyaf (1946), Meena Keshwar Kamal (1956), Malalai of Maiwand (1861), and Abdul Qadir (1944). After him are Amr ibn al-Layth (null), Sima Samar (1957), Mohammed Fahim (1957), Sultan Ali Keshtmand (1935), Kamran Mirza (1512), and Atiq Rahimi (1962).

Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Mahmud Tarzi ranks 65Before him are Amrullah Saleh (1972), Shah Shujah Durrani (1785), Akhtar Mansour (1968), Ayub Khan (1857), Abdul Rasul Sayyaf (1946), and Abdul Qadir (1944). After him are Amr ibn al-Layth (null), Sima Samar (1957), Mohammed Fahim (1957), Sultan Ali Keshtmand (1935), Kamran Mirza (1512), and Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza (1422).