1250 - 1316
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, Malik Kafur ranks 11,138 out of 15,577. Before 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.
200 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 11,132
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 11,133
2700 BC - 2700 BC
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 11,134
150 BC - Present
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 11,135
1611 - 1651
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 11,136
1872 - 1945
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 11,137
1250 - 1316
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 11,138
1331 - 1413
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 11,139
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 11,140
1915 - 1952
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 11,141
1871 - 1939
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 11,142
1819 - 1852
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 11,143
1650 - 1706
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 11,144
Among people born in 1250, Malik Kafur ranks 26. Before 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 11. Before him are Öljaitü, Stefan Dragutin, Vytenis, Giles of Rome, Guo Shoujing, and Marjorie Bruce. After him is Louis of Burgundy.
1250 - 1322
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 20
1250 - 1334
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 21
1250 - 1345
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 22
1250 - 1348
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 23
1250 - 1268
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 24
1250 - Present
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 25
1250 - 1316
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 26
1250 - 1271
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 27
1250 - Present
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 28
1250 - 1265
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 29
1280 - 1316
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 5
1253 - 1316
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 6
1300 - 1316
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 7
1243 - 1316
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 8
1231 - 1316
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 9
1297 - 1316
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 10
1250 - 1316
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 11
1297 - 1316
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 12
Among people born in India, Malik Kafur ranks 392 out of 1,493. Before 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).
1952 - 2020
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 386
1501 - 1556
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 387
1915 - 2011
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 388
1932 - 2021
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 389
1909 - 1981
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 390
1926 - 2012
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 391
1250 - 1316
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 392
1857 - 1914
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 393
1936 - 2017
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 394
1903 - 1944
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 395
1550 - 1614
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 396
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 397
1926 - 2011
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 398
Among politicians born in India, Malik Kafur ranks 131. Before 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).
1924 - 2010
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 125
1848 - 1925
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 126
1501 - 1556
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 127
1932 - 2021
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 128
1909 - 1981
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 129
1926 - 2012
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 130
1250 - 1316
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 131
1550 - 1614
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 132
1912 - 2002
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 133
1662 - 1720
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 134
1938 - 2020
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 135
1884 - 1940
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 136
1909 - 1969
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 137