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Raja Dahir

663 - 712

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Raja Dahir (663 – 712 CE) was the last Hindu ruler of Sindh (in present-day Pakistan). A Brahmin ruler, his kingdom was invaded in 711 CE by the Arab Umayyad Caliphate, led by Muhammad bin Qasim, where Dahir died while defending his kingdom. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raja Dahir has received more than 874,010 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Raja Dahir is the 10,560th most popular politician (up from 10,807th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Pakistan and the 21st most popular Pakistani Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Raja Dahir ranks 10,560 out of 19,576. Before him are Philinna, Herman IV, Margrave of Baden, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Anatoly Chubais, Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, and Conrad II, Duke of Swabia. After him are Charibert of Laon, Zhang Qun, Lori Lightfoot, Rekhmire, Gaspar de Borja y Velasco, and Fritz Platten.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 663, Raja Dahir ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 712, Raja Dahir ranks 4. Before him are Anas ibn Malik, Ansprand, and Aripert II. After him is Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Raja Dahir ranks 48 out of 217. Before him are Nawaz Sharif (1949), Rahman Baba (1632), Krishna Sobti (1925), Ustad Ahmad Lahori (1580), Lokaksema (147), and Ghulam Ishaq Khan (1915). After him are Tariq Ali (1943), Taxiles (-400), Kumail Nanjiani (1978), I. K. Gujral (1919), Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (1929), and Sunil Dutt (1929).

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Among POLITICIANS In Pakistan

Among politicians born in Pakistan, Raja Dahir ranks 21. Before him are Khema (-550), L. K. Advani (1927), Yahya Khan (1914), Asif Ali Zardari (1955), Nawaz Sharif (1949), and Ghulam Ishaq Khan (1915). After him are Taxiles (-400), I. K. Gujral (1919), Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (1929), Farooq Leghari (1940), Duleep Singh (1838), and Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry (1904).

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