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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Sadegh Khalkhali

1926 - 2003

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Mohammed Sadeq Givi Khalkhali (Persian: محمدصادق گیوی خلخالی; 27 July 1926 – 26 November 2003) was an Iranian Shia cleric who is said to have "brought to his job as Chief Justice of the revolutionary courts a relish for summary execution" that earned him a reputation as Iran's "hanging judge". A farmer's son from Iranian Azeri origins was born in Givi, Azerbaijani S.S.R., U.S.S.R. (now in Azerbaijan Republic). He is also reported to have born in Kivi, Khalkhal, in the Khalkhal County, Iran (ergo his name). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sadegh Khalkhali has received more than 221,170 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Sadegh Khalkhali is the 1,797th most popular religious figure, the 255th most popular biography from Iran and the 29th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

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  • 51.74

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Sadegh Khalkhali ranks 1,797 out of 2,238Before him are Alexander of Constantinople, Juraj Haulik, Bhrigu, Ignatius Joseph III Yonan, Chrodegang, and Vilmos Zsigmond. After him are Jacqueline Felice de Almania, Bernhard Lichtenberg, Bernard de Montfaucon, Lugalanda, Lorenzo Baldisseri, and Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Sadegh Khalkhali ranks 199Before him are Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Peter Lax, James Samuel Coleman, Ladislav Adamec, Mickey Hargitay, and José Alfredo Jiménez. After him are Michael Bond, Paul Janssen, Hans-Jochen Vogel, Nikita Simonyan, Robert Bly, and Ray Brown. Among people deceased in 2003, Sadegh Khalkhali ranks 134Before him are Robert Brown, Jean Yanne, Constantin Dăscălescu, Noel Redding, Hans Hotter, and Philip Stone. After him are Milton George Henschel, Luděk Pachman, Kir Bulychev, Augusto Monterroso, Paul Janssen, and Nello Pagani.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Sadegh Khalkhali ranks 255 out of 528Before him are Marjane Satrapi (1969), Mirza Kuchik Khan (1880), Pacorus I (-63), Mahmoud Shabestari (1288), Arash (1977), and Mostafa Chamran (1932). After him are Leila Pahlavi (1970), Farahnaz Pahlavi (1963), Mithridates V of Parthia (100), Ahmad Qavam (1876), Orodes I of Parthia (-190), and Sohrab Sepehri (1928).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Sadegh Khalkhali ranks 29Before him are Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi (1627), Ibn Khuzayma (838), Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi (1875), Aga Khan II (1830), Morteza Motahhari (1919), and Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (854). After him are Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad (985), Suleiman II of Persia (1714), Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (1906), Kazim Rashti (1793), and Reza Hosseini Nassab (1960).