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Minhaj-i-Siraj

1193 - 1260

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Minhaj-al-Din Abu Amr Othman ibn Siraj-al-Din Muhammad Juzjani (born 1193), simply known as Minhaj al-Siraj Juzjani, was a 13th-century Persian historian born in the region of Ghur.In 1227, Juzjani immigrated to Ucch and, thereafter, to Delhi. The principal historian of the Mamluk Sultanate of Delhi in northern India, Juzjani wrote of the Ghurid dynasty as well. He wrote the Tabaqat-i Nasiri (1260 CE) for Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah of Delhi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Minhaj-i-Siraj has received more than 169,612 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Minhaj-i-Siraj is the 400th most popular historian (down from 324th in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 90th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Afghan Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Minhaj-i-Siraj ranks 400 out of 339Before him are George Grote, Benjamin Mazar, Samuel Eliot Morison, Rudolph Rummel, Timothy Garton Ash, and Charles A. Beard. After him are Kenneth Clark, Alfred W. Crosby, Hermann Oldenberg, Arthur Smith Woodward, Florian Cajori, and Christopher Browning.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1193, Minhaj-i-Siraj ranks 2Before him is Clare of Assisi.  Among people deceased in 1260, Minhaj-i-Siraj ranks 13Before him are Hadewijch, Maria of Brabant, Holy Roman Empress, Giacomo da Lentini, Kadan, Morta, and Constance of Toulouse.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Minhaj-i-Siraj ranks 116 out of 145Before him are Apollodotus I (-300), Euthydemus II (-200), Karim Khalili (1950), Ahmad Massoud (1989), Anahita Ratebzad (1931), and Aryana Sayeed (1970). After him are Sirajuddin Haqqani (1970), Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī (1413), Ismail of Ghazni (null), Nadia Nadim (1988), Agathokleia (-200), and Dadullah (1966).

Among HISTORIANS In Afghanistan

Among historians born in Afghanistan, Minhaj-i-Siraj ranks 2Before him are Ibn Hibban (883). After him are Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī (1413).