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Nizam al-Mulk

1018 - 1092

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Abu Ali Hasan ibn Ali Tusi (April 10, 1018 – October 14, 1092), better known by his honorific title of Nizam al-Mulk (Persian: نظام‌الملک, lit. 'Order of the Realm') was a Persian scholar, jurist, political philosopher and Vizier of the Seljuk Empire. Rising from a low position within the empire, he became the de facto ruler of the empire for 20 years after the assassination of Sultan Alp Arslan in 1072, serving as the archetypal "good vizier". Viewed by many historians as "the most important statesman in Islamic history", the policies implemented by Nizam al-Mulk would go on to remain as the basic foundation for administrative state structures in the Muslim world up until the 20th century.One of his most important legacies was the founding of the madrasa system in cities across the Seljuk Empire which were called the Nizamiyyas after him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nizam al-Mulk has received more than 628,512 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Nizam al-Mulk is the 663rd most popular politician (down from 540th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Iran (down from 26th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Iranian Politician.

Nizam al-Mulk was a Persian scholar and vizier to the Seljuk Sultan Alp Arslan. He is most famous for his work, "The Book of Government or Rules for Kings," which is a political treatise that outlines how a ruler should govern.

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Over the past year Nizam al-Mulk has had the most page views in the with 168,368 views, followed by Arabic (148,847), and English (81,409). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (99,750.00%), Zazaki (313.61%), and Arabic (169.53%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nizam al-Mulk ranks 663 out of 19,576Before him are Ptolemy XII Auletes, Darius II, Charles IV of Spain, Christian II of Denmark, Maxentius, and Ahab. After him are Philip the Good, Catiline, Moctezuma II, Olaf Scholz, Afonso I of Portugal, and Sauli Niinistö.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1018, Nizam al-Mulk ranks 1After him are Harthacnut, Pope Victor II, Michael Psellos, Bagrat IV of Georgia, Jeongjong, 10th monarch of Goryeo, Sophie, Countess of Bar, and Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy. Among people deceased in 1092, Nizam al-Mulk ranks 2Before him is Malik-Shah I. After him are Vratislaus II of Bohemia, Conrad I, Duke of Bohemia, Tzachas, and Philaretos Brachamios.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Nizam al-Mulk ranks 35 out of 631Before him are Mansur Al-Hallaj (858), Reza Shah (1878), Salman the Persian (568), Ferdowsi (940), Hassan Rouhani (1948), and Darius II (-475). After him are Shams Tabrizi (1185), Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201), Antiochus III the Great (-241), Saadi Shirazi (1210), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), and Qasem Soleimani (1957).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Nizam al-Mulk ranks 15Before him are Tahmasp I (1514), Nader Shah (1688), Khosrow I (501), Reza Shah (1878), Hassan Rouhani (1948), and Darius II (-475). After him are Antiochus III the Great (-241), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), Farah Pahlavi (1938), Shapur I (150), Ardashir I (180), and Cambyses I (-600).