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Murad II

1404 - 1451

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Murad II (Ottoman Turkish: مراد ثانى, romanized: Murād-ı sānī, Turkish: II. Murad; 16 June 1404 – 3 February 1451) was twice the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1421 to 1444 and from 1446 to 1451. Murad II's reign saw a period of great economic development, with an increase in trade and a considerable expansion of Ottoman cities. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Murad II has received more than 2,070,445 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Murad II is the 136th most popular politician (down from 131st in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 25th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Politician.

Murad II was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1421-1451. He was most famous for his military conquests.

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  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 79.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 71

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Murad IIS by language

Over the past year Murad II has had the most page views in the with 695,384 views, followed by English (315,426), and Russian (153,754). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Javanese (686.75%), Simple English (581.47%), and Bashkir (183.33%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Murad II ranks 136 out of 19,576. Before him are Philip IV of France, Clovis I, Murad I, John Major, Herod the Great, and Isabella I of Castile. After him are Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, David Ben-Gurion, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bernie Sanders, Skanderbeg, and Bayezid II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1404, Murad II ranks 1. After him are Constantine XI Palaiologos, Leon Battista Alberti, Marie of Anjou, Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, Orban, Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots, and Anne of Burgundy. Among people deceased in 1451, Murad II ranks 1. After him are Barbara of Cilli, Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy, Stefan Lochner, Elizabeth of Görlitz, and Abdullah Mirza.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Murad II ranks 22 out of 1,347. Before him are Anaximander (-610), Saint Barbara (300), Strabo (-64), Murad IV (1612), Mehmed III (1566), and Murad I (1326). After him are Basil of Caesarea (329), Abdul Hamid II (1842), Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954), Luke the Evangelist (31), Mustafa I (1591), and Orhan (1288).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Murad II ranks 11. Before him are Ahmed I (1590), Selim I (1470), Murad III (1546), Murad IV (1612), Mehmed III (1566), and Murad I (1326). After him are Abdul Hamid II (1842), Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954), Mustafa I (1591), Orhan (1288), Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (1615), and Mehmed IV (1642).

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