1702 - 1748
Mirza Nasir-ud-Din Muḥammad Shah (born Roshan Akhtar; 7 August 1702 – 26 April 1748) was the thirteenth Mughal emperor from 1719 to 1748. He was son of Khujista Akhtar, the fourth son of Bahadur Shah I. After being chosen by the Sayyid Brothers of Barha, he ascended the throne at the young age of 16, under their strict supervision.He later got rid of them with the help of Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I – Syed Hussain Ali Khan was murdered at Fatehpur Sikri in 1720 and Sayyid Hassan Ali Khan Barha was captured in battle in 1720 and fatally poisoned in 1722. Muhammad Shah was a great patron of the arts, including musical, cultural and administrative developments, he is thus often referred to as "Muhammad Shah Rangila" (lit. 'Muhammad Shah "the colourful"'). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muhammad Shah has received more than 1,702,563 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Muhammad Shah is the 6,526th most popular politician (up from 7,107th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 48th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Afghan Politician.
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Among politicians, Muhammad Shah ranks 6,526 out of 15,577. Before him are Mamadou Tandja, Al-Mansur Nasir al-Din Muhammad, Emperor Hanazono, Bamir Topi, Lestek, and Octar. After him are Zhong Yao, Daru of Baekje, Khentkaus I, Minamoto no Yoriie, Oldřich, Duke of Bohemia, and Tammam Salam.
1938 - 2020
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 6,520
1189 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 6,521
1297 - 1348
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 6,522
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 6,523
870 - 930
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 6,524
350 - 430
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 6,525
1702 - 1748
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 6,526
151 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 6,527
18 - 77
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 6,528
2600 BC - 2600 BC
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 6,529
1182 - 1204
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 6,530
970 - 1034
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 6,531
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 6,532
Among people born in 1702, Muhammad Shah ranks 6. Before him are Anne Bonny, Emperor Nakamikado, Thomas Bayes, Jean-Étienne Liotard, and Maria Clementina Sobieska. After him are Legall de Kermeur, Sava Petrović, William Fermor, Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Francesco Zuccarelli, and Jack Sheppard. Among people deceased in 1748, Muhammad Shah ranks 7. Before him are Johann Bernoulli, Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg, Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I, Ewald Georg von Kleist, Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Johann Gottfried Walther. After him are Abul Khair Khan, Ebrahim Afshar, Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg, William Kent, and Aleksei Chirikov.
1702 - 1782
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 1
1702 - 1737
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2
1702 - 1761
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 3
1702 - 1789
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 4
1702 - 1735
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 5
1702 - 1748
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 6
1702 - 1792
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 7
1702 - 1782
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 8
1702 - 1771
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 9
1702 - 1761
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 10
1702 - 1788
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 11
1702 - 1724
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 12
1667 - 1748
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 1
1670 - 1748
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 2
1671 - 1748
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 3
1700 - 1748
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 4
1724 - 1748
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 5
1684 - 1748
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 6
1702 - 1748
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 7
1693 - 1748
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 8
1717 - 1748
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 9
1688 - 1748
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 10
1674 - 1748
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 11
1685 - 1748
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 12
1703 - 1748
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 13
Among people born in Afghanistan, Muhammad Shah ranks 56 out of 145. Before him are Humaira Begum (1918), Abu Sa'id Gardezi (1100), Tahir ibn Husayn (776), Dost Mohammad Khan (1793), Haji Mohammad Chamkani (1947), and Ismail Khan (1946). After him are Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968), Abu Sa'id Mirza (1424), Sanai (1080), Abdullah Abdullah (1960), Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840), and Diodotus II (-252).
1918 - 2002
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 50
1100 - 1061
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 51
776 - 822
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 52
1793 - 1863
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 53
1947 - 2012
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 54
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 55
1702 - 1748
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 56
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 57
1424 - 1469
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 58
1080 - 1131
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 59
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 60
840 - 879
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 61
252 BC - 220 BC
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 62
Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Muhammad Shah ranks 41. Before him are Bairam Khan (1501), Diodotus I (-285), Tahir ibn Husayn (776), Dost Mohammad Khan (1793), Haji Mohammad Chamkani (1947), and Ismail Khan (1946). After him are Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968), Abu Sa'id Mirza (1424), Abdullah Abdullah (1960), Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840), Diodotus II (-252), and Abdul Ali Mazari (1946).
1501 - 1561
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 35
285 BC - 230 BC
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 36
776 - 822
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 37
1793 - 1863
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 38
1947 - 2012
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 39
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 40
1702 - 1748
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 41
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 42
1424 - 1469
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 43
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 44
840 - 879
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 45
252 BC - 220 BC
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 46
1946 - 1995
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 47