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Mordecai

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Mordecai (; also Mordechai; Hebrew: מָרְדֳּכַי, Modern: Mŏrdoḵay, Tiberian: Mārdoḵay, IPA: [moʁdeˈχaj]) is one of the main personalities in the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. He is described in Tanna Devei Eliyahu as being the son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin and member of the Sanhedrin. Mordecai was also the cousin and guardian of Esther, who became queen of Persia under the reign of Ahasuerus (Xerxes I). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mordecai has received more than 1,831,673 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Mordecai is the 689th most popular religious figure (down from 682nd in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Iran (down from 91st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

Mordecai is most famous for his involvement in the Purim story. Mordecai is a Jew who saves the Jews of Persia from extermination by Haman, a powerful member of the Persian court.

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  • 1.8M

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  • 64.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mordecai ranks 689 out of 3,187. Before him are Aloysius Stepinac, Zebedee, Eulalia of Mérida, Óscar Romero, Pontius Pilate's wife, and Fatima al-Fihri. After him are Célestin Freinet, Tarcisio Bertone, Said Nursî, Abdullah ibn Saba', Abe no Seimei, and Scholastica.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Mordecai ranks 99 out of 631. Before him are Bahram V (406), Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan (1305), Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1933), Atossa (-550), Sogdianus of Persia (-500), and Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah (873). After him are Bahram Chobin (600), Muhammad I Tapar (1082), Shahnaz Pahlavi (1940), Yazdegerd I (400), Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (1872), and Orodes II (-70).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Mordecai ranks 10. Before him are Hassan-i Sabbah (1050), Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078), Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817), Bahá'u'lláh (1817), Báb (1819), and Ibn Majah (824). After him are Sasan (200), Anastasius of Persia (550), Piruz Nahavandi (700), Safi-ad-din Ardabili (1252), `Abdu'l-Bahá (1844), and Al-Juwayni (1028).

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