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PHILOSOPHER

Mazdak

450 - 529

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Mazdak (Persian: مزدک, Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭦𐭣𐭪, also Mazdak the Younger; died c. 524 or 528) was a Zoroastrian mobad (priest), Iranian reformer, prophet and religious reformer who gained influence during the reign of the Sasanian emperor Kavadh I. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mazdak has received more than 580,083 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 37 in 2019). Mazdak is the 325th most popular philosopher (down from 280th in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Iran (down from 79th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Iranian Philosopher.

Mazdak is most famous for his belief that all people should share equally in the wealth of the earth.

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  • 580k

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  • 63.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Mazdak ranks 325 out of 1,081. Before him are Jean-Luc Nancy, Gemistus Pletho, Alexandre Koyré, David Strauss, Moritz Schlick, and Henri Lefebvre. After him are Ramanuja, Crates of Thebes, Timon of Phlius, Otto Neurath, Peter Singer, and Bruno Latour.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 450, Mazdak ranks 5. Before him are Justin I, Pope Hormisdas, Pope Anastasius II, and Huneric. After him are Gunthamund, Ildibad, Thrasamund, Eraric, Emperor Kenzō, Emperor Keitai, and Gesalec. Among people deceased in 529, Mazdak ranks 1. After him is Theodosius the Cenobiarch.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Mazdak ranks 101 out of 528. Before him are Yazdegerd I (400), Qasem Soleimani (1957), Sogdianus of Persia (-500), Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (1872), Mithridates I of Parthia (-195), and Al-Hadi (764). After him are Ahmad Shah Qajar (1898), Shahnaz Pahlavi (1940), Bahram Chobin (600), Demetrius II Nicator (-161), Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah (873), and Tahmasp II (1704).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Iran

Among philosophers born in Iran, Mazdak ranks 7. Before him are Al-Ghazali (1058), Al-Tabari (839), Bayazid Bastami (804), Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1149), Miskawayh (932), and Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi (1155). After him are Mulla Sadra (1571), Haji Bektash Veli (1209), Al-Shahrastani (1086), Al-Baydawi (1201), Al-Taftazani (1322), and Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai (1892).

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