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Malik Kafur

1250 - 1316

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Malik Kafur (died 1316), also known as Taj al-Din Izz al-Dawla, was a prominent slave-general of the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji. He was captured by Alauddin's general Nusrat Khan during the 1299 invasion of Gujarat, and rose to prominence in the 1300s. As a commander of Alauddin's forces, Kafur defeated the Mongol invaders in 1306. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Malik Kafur has received more than 2,591,125 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Malik Kafur is the 11,138th most popular politician (up from 11,322nd in 2019), the 392nd most popular biography from India and the 131st most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Malik Kafur ranks 11,138 out of 15,577Before him are Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus, Moritz Leuenberger, Hetephernebti, Lucius Marcius Philippus, Henry Ireton, and Carl Gustaf Ekman. After him are Michele Steno, Zoran Tegeltija, Nikos Beloyannis, Gustavs Zemgals, Nicolae Bălcescu, and Fyodor Alexeyevich Golovin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1250, Malik Kafur ranks 26Before him are Matteo I Visconti, Tarmashirin, Alexios Apokaukos, Maso di Banco, Reniero Zeno, and Jayavarman VIII. After him are Ghiyas-ud-din Baraq, Rebecca Guarna, and Mubarak Shah. Among people deceased in 1316, Malik Kafur ranks 11Before him are Öljaitü, Stefan Dragutin, Vytenis, Giles of Rome, Guo Shoujing, and Marjorie Bruce. After him is Louis of Burgundy.

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In India

Among people born in India, Malik Kafur ranks 392 out of 1,493Before him are Rishi Kapoor (1952), Hemu (1501), M. F. Husain (1915), Kalyan Singh (1932), Durgabai Deshmukh (1909), and Bal Thackeray (1926). After him are Shibli Nomani (1857), Ivan Dias (1936), Orde Wingate (1903), Man Singh I (1550), Anish Kapoor (1954), and Bhupen Hazarika (1926).

Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Malik Kafur ranks 131Before him are Girija Prasad Koirala (1924), Surendranath Banerjee (1848), Hemu (1501), Kalyan Singh (1932), Durgabai Deshmukh (1909), and Bal Thackeray (1926). After him are Man Singh I (1550), B. D. Jatti (1912), Balaji Vishwanath (1662), Jaswant Singh (1938), Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV (1884), and C. N. Annadurai (1909).