1865 - 1933
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.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among politicians, Mahmud Tarzi ranks 12,612 out of 15,577. Before 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.
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 12,606
1878 - 1946
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 12,607
110 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 12,608
1788 - 1873
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 12,609
1932 - Present
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 12,610
1860 - 1923
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 12,611
1865 - 1933
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 12,612
1943 - 2019
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 12,613
1907 - 1981
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 12,614
1750 - 1806
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 12,615
1946 - 1980
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 12,616
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 12,617
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 12,618
Among people born in 1865, Mahmud Tarzi ranks 118. Before 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 90. Before 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.
1865 - 1954
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 112
1865 - 1931
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 113
1865 - 1892
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 114
1865 - 1933
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 115
1865 - 1937
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 116
1865 - 1929
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 117
1865 - 1933
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 118
1865 - 1916
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 119
1865 - 1952
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 120
1865 - 1939
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 121
1865 - Present
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 122
1865 - 1908
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 123
1865 - 1946
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 124
1864 - 1933
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 84
1857 - 1933
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 85
1855 - 1933
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 86
1898 - 1933
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 87
1873 - 1933
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 88
1849 - 1933
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 89
1865 - 1933
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 90
1900 - 1933
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 91
1864 - 1933
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 92
1884 - 1933
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 93
1896 - 1933
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 94
1848 - 1933
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 95
1885 - 1933
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 96
Among people born in Afghanistan, Mahmud Tarzi ranks 95 out of 145. Before 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).
980 - 1039
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 89
980 - 1037
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 90
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 91
1956 - 1987
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 92
1861 - 1861
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 93
1944 - 2014
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 94
1865 - 1933
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 95
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 96
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 97
1957 - 2014
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 98
1935 - Present
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 99
1512 - 1557
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 100
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 101
Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Mahmud Tarzi ranks 65. Before 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).
1972 - Present
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 59
1785 - 1842
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 60
1968 - 2016
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 61
1857 - 1914
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 62
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 63
1944 - 2014
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 64
1865 - 1933
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 65
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 66
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 67
1957 - 2014
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 68
1935 - Present
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 69
1512 - 1557
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 70
1422 - 1457
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 71