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Murad III

1546 - 1595

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Murad III (Ottoman Turkish: مراد ثالث, romanized: Murād-i sālis; Turkish: III. Murad; 4 July 1546 – 16 January 1595) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 until his death in 1595. His rule saw battles with the Habsburgs and exhausting wars with the Safavids. The long-independent Morocco was for a time made a vassal of the empire but regained independence in 1582. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Murad III has received more than 2,768,358 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Murad III is the 97th most popular politician (down from 74th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 12th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Turkish Politician.

Murad III was the Ottoman Sultan from 1574 to 1595. He is most famous for his war with Safavid Persia and his death.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 81.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 73

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Murad III ranks 97 out of 19,576. Before him are Trajan, Hirohito, Leonid Brezhnev, Ashoka, Mary II of England, and Philip II of Spain. After him are Kösem Sultan, Diocletian, Mahmoud Abbas, Margaret Thatcher, Ivan the Terrible, and Boris Yeltsin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1546, Murad III ranks 1. After him are Tycho Brahe, Veronica Franco, Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, Bartholomeus Spranger, Heo Jun, Takeda Katsuyori, Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Charlotte of Bourbon, Johann Fischart, and Thomas Digges. Among people deceased in 1595, Murad III ranks 1. After him are Torquato Tasso, Philip Neri, Mohammad Khodabanda, Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, Archduke Ernest of Austria, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, António, Prior of Crato, John Hawkins, Thoinot Arbeau, Jeremias II of Constantinople, and Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Murad III ranks 15 out of 1,347. Before him are Selim II (1524), Mehmed the Conqueror (1432), Ahmed I (1590), Galen (129), Selim I (1470), and Diogenes (-404). After him are Anaximander (-610), Saint Barbara (300), Strabo (-64), Murad IV (1612), Mehmed III (1566), and Murad I (1326).

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    Selim II

    POLITICIAN

    1524 - 1574

    HPI: 82.82

    Rank: 9

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    Mehmed the Conqueror

    POLITICIAN

    1432 - 1481

    HPI: 82.34

    Rank: 10

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    Ahmed I

    POLITICIAN

    1590 - 1617

    HPI: 82.31

    Rank: 11

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    Galen

    PHYSICIAN

    129 - 215

    HPI: 82.12

    Rank: 12

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    Selim I

    POLITICIAN

    1470 - 1520

    HPI: 82.12

    Rank: 13

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    Diogenes

    PHILOSOPHER

    404 BC - 322 BC

    HPI: 81.50

    Rank: 14

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    Murad III

    POLITICIAN

    1546 - 1595

    HPI: 81.46

    Rank: 15

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    Anaximander

    PHILOSOPHER

    610 BC - 546 BC

    HPI: 81.17

    Rank: 16

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    Saint Barbara

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    300 - 306

    HPI: 80.75

    Rank: 17

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    Strabo

    GEOGRAPHER

    64 BC - 23

    HPI: 80.58

    Rank: 18

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    Murad IV

    POLITICIAN

    1612 - 1640

    HPI: 80.51

    Rank: 19

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    Mehmed III

    POLITICIAN

    1566 - 1603

    HPI: 80.14

    Rank: 20

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    Murad I

    POLITICIAN

    1326 - 1389

    HPI: 79.87

    Rank: 21

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Murad III ranks 7. Before him are Suleiman the Magnificent (1494), Osman I (1254), Selim II (1524), Mehmed the Conqueror (1432), Ahmed I (1590), and Selim I (1470). After him are Murad IV (1612), Mehmed III (1566), Murad I (1326), Murad II (1404), Abdul Hamid II (1842), and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954).

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