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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 ul-Mulk (Persian: نظام‌الملک, lit. 'Orderer 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". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nizam al-Mulk has received more than 676,657 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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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nizam al-Mulk ranks 663 out of 19,576. Before 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 1. After 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 2. Before 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 631. Before 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 15. Before 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).

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