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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 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 263,202 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Mirwais Hotak is the 8,788th most popular politician (up from 9,835th in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 66th in 2019) and the 54th most popular Afghan Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mirwais Hotak ranks 8,788 out of 15,577. Before him are Shaul Mofaz, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, Lais of Hyccara, Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha, Emilio Castelar, and Anerood Jugnauth. After him are Judith of Schweinfurt, Hermann Esser, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Irene Asanina, and Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1673, Mirwais Hotak ranks 17. Before him are René Duguay-Trouin, Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, Johann Conrad Dippel, Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, and Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg. After him are Claude Gillot, Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels, George Graham, and James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope. Among people deceased in 1715, Mirwais Hotak ranks 14. Before him are William Dampier, Antoine Galland, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Pu Songling, and François Girardon. After him are Nicolas Lemery, Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Pierre Magnol, Joseph Raphson, and Nahum Tate.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Mirwais Hotak ranks 73 out of 145. Before him are Jalal-ud-din Khalji (1220), Kujula Kadphises (20), Baysunghur (1397), Ashraf Hotak (1700), Mohammad Yaqub Khan (1849), and Ahmad Zahir (1946). After him are Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji (1101), Afghan Girl (1972), Abdul Ahad Mohmand (1959), Zalmay Khalilzad (1951), Al-Sijzi (945), and Wazir Akbar Khan (1816).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Mirwais Hotak ranks 54. Before him are Saman Khuda (701), Eucratides I (-170), Jalal-ud-din Khalji (1220), Kujula Kadphises (20), Ashraf Hotak (1700), and Mohammad Yaqub Khan (1849). After him are Zalmay Khalilzad (1951), Wazir Akbar Khan (1816), Heliocles I (-200), Demetrius I of Bactria (-300), Amrullah Saleh (1972), and Shah Shujah Durrani (1785).

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