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Saman Khuda

701 - Today

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Saman Khuda (Saman Khoda, Saman-khudat; Persian: سامان‌خدا، سامان‌خدات) was an 8th-century Iranian noble whose descendants (the House of Saman) later became rulers of Khurasan (the Samanid Empire). He was a Dehqan from the village of Saman in Balkh province in present-day northern Afghanistan. In the early 8th century, he came to Merv, seat of the Caliphal governor of Khorasan, Asad ibn 'Abd Allah al-Qasri (ruled 723-727). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saman Khuda has received more than 79,978 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Saman Khuda is the 6,300th most popular politician (up from 7,802nd in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 65th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Afghan Politician.

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  • 80k

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  • 63.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Saman Khuda ranks 6,300 out of 19,576. Before him are Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, Mithridates II of Pontus, Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid, Isabella of Savoy, Alexander Ankvab, and Emperor Yizong of Tang. After him are Charan Singh, Tarabai, Henri de Baillet-Latour, Bertrand de Blanchefort, Bocchus II, and Shahrokh Shah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 701, Saman Khuda ranks 6. Before him are Li Bai, Ibn Hisham, Yazid III, Emperor Shōmu, and Tzitzak. After him are John VII of Constantinople, Yahya ibn Khalid, Al-Khayzuran, Thekla, wife of Michael II, Euphemius, and Theophano of Athens.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Saman Khuda ranks 51 out of 177. Before him are Haji Mohammad Chamkani (1947), Tahir ibn Husayn (776), Sher Ali Khan (1825), Abdul Rahim Hatif (1926), Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968), and Inayatullah Khan (1888). After him are Ibn Hibban (883), Abu Sa'id Gardezi (1100), Abu Maʿshar (787), Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840), Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji (1101), and Sanai (1080).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Saman Khuda ranks 38. Before him are Haji Mohammad Chamkani (1947), Tahir ibn Husayn (776), Sher Ali Khan (1825), Abdul Rahim Hatif (1926), Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968), and Inayatullah Khan (1888). After him are Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949), Jalal-ud-din Khalji (1220), Kujula Kadphises (20), Ismail Khan (1946), and Mirwais Hotak (1673).

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