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Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah

1565 - 1612

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Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (4 April 1565 – 11 January 1612) was the fifth sultan of the Qutb Shahi dynasty of Golkonda and founded the city of Hyderabad, in South-central India and built its architectural centerpiece, the Charminar. He was an able administrator and his reign is considered one of the high points of the Qutb Shahi dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah has received more than 644,276 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah is the 368th most popular architect (down from 323rd in 2019), the 522nd most popular biography from India and the 2nd most popular Indian Architect.

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  • 640k

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  • 49.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah has had the most page views in the with 82,785 views, followed by Hindi (7,690), and Urdu (7,246). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Arabic (342.22%), Georgian (49.49%), and Ukrainian (32.51%)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah ranks 368 out of 518. Before him are Wang Shu, John Soane, Moisei Ginzburg, Tylman van Gameren, Christoph Dientzenhofer, and Rudolf Wolters. After him are Theodor Fischer, Alexander Kokorinov, Wilhelm Kreis, Victor Laloux, Auguste de Montferrand, and Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1565, Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah ranks 17. Before him are Hendrick de Keyser, Peter Fourier, Jacob de Gheyn II, Alessandro Tassoni, Nicolò Longobardo, and Edward Fortunatus.  Among people deceased in 1612, Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah ranks 27. Before him are Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, Arima Harunobu, Konoe Sakihisa, Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow, Nicholas Rémy, and Giulio Cesare Polerio. After him are Juan de la Cueva, Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo, and John Gerard.

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In India

Among people born in India, Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah ranks 522 out of 1,861. Before him are Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1923), Saint Alphonsa (1910), Kalyan Singh (1932), Priyanka Chopra (1982), Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (1903), and Sugathakumari (1934). After him are Mayawati (1956), Jackie Shroff (1957), Mrinalini Sarabhai (1918), Boney Kapoor (1955), Vyjayanthimala Bali (1936), and Alivardi Khan (1671).

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Among ARCHITECTS In India

Among architects born in India, Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah ranks 2. Before him are B. V. Doshi (1927). After him are Charles Correa (1930).

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