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Mirwais Hotak

1673 - 1715

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Mir Ways ibn Shah 'Alam, also known as Mirwais Khan Hotak (Pashto/Dari: ميرويس خان هوتک; 1673-1715) was an Afghan ruler from the Ghilji tribe of Pashtuns of Kandahar, Afghanistan, and the short-lived founder of the Hotak dynasty. In 1709, after overthrowing and assassinating George XI of Kartil, the Safavid Persian governor, Hotak declared independence of the Loy Kandahar region, now southern Afghanistan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mirwais Hotak has received more than 284,818 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Mirwais Hotak is the 7,957th most popular politician (up from 8,761st in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 73rd in 2019) and the 44th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mirwais Hotak ranks 7,957 out of 19,576. Before him are Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria, Semiz Ali Pasha, Ayub Khan, Gotarzes I, and Mahinda Rajapaksa. After him are Tiridates II of Parthia, James II of Cyprus, Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, Eleanor of Naples, Duchess of Ferrara, Dmitry Manuilsky, and Miguel Alemán Valdés.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1673, Mirwais Hotak ranks 15. Before him are Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, Violante Beatrice of Bavaria, and Johann Conrad Dippel. After him are Claude Gillot, René Duguay-Trouin, Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg, Bernard Picart, George Graham, and Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels. Among people deceased in 1715, Mirwais Hotak ranks 14. Before him are William Dampier, Thomas Savery, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Pu Songling, Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and François Girardon. After him are Pierre Magnol, Joseph Raphson, Nicolas Lemery, Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, and Nahum Tate.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Mirwais Hotak ranks 63 out of 177. Before him are Sanai (1080), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949), Jalal-ud-din Khalji (1220), Kujula Kadphises (20), Baysunghur (1397), and Ismail Khan (1946). After him are Ashraf Hotak (1700), Ahmad Zahir (1946), Muhammad Shah (1702), Dost Mohammad Khan (1793), Eucratides I (-170), and Rabia Balkhi (1000).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Mirwais Hotak ranks 44. Before him are Saman Khuda (701), Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949), Jalal-ud-din Khalji (1220), Kujula Kadphises (20), and Ismail Khan (1946). After him are Ashraf Hotak (1700), Muhammad Shah (1702), Dost Mohammad Khan (1793), Eucratides I (-170), Diodotus II (-252), and Abdullah Abdullah (1960).

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