RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Sasan

200 - 300

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Sasan (Middle Persian 𐭮𐭠𐭮𐭠𐭭 Sāsān > Persian ساسان), considered the eponymous ancestor of the Sasanian (or Sassanid) Dynasty (ruled 224-651) in Persia, was "a great warrior and hunter" and a Zoroastrian high priest in Pars. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sasan has received more than 167,135 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Sasan is the 766th most popular religious figure (up from 789th in 2019), the 124th most popular biography from Iran (down from 123rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Sasan ranks 766 out of 3,187. Before him are Bruno of Querfurt, Leonard of Noblac, Karmapa, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Stanislaus of Szczepanów, and Margaret of Hungary. After him are Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, John Henry Newman, Romuald, Zephaniah, Onesimus, and Brother Roger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 200, Sasan ranks 16. Before him are Athenaeus, Celsus, Alexander of Aphrodisias, Marcus Claudius Tacitus, Zhang Jue, and Wei Yan. After him are Paul of Samosata, Tatiana of Rome, Xiahou Yuan, Xu Chu, Artabanus IV of Parthia, and Bhāsa. Among people deceased in 300, Sasan ranks 3. Before him are Diophantus, and Saint Christopher. After him are Saturnin, Bhāsa, Meng Huo, Ma Dai, Sabellius, Achilles Tatius, Minervina, Xenophon of Ephesus, and Saint Martial.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Sasan ranks 124 out of 631. Before him are Karim Khan Zand (1705), Narges Mohammadi (1972), Arses of Persia (-360), Mehran Karimi Nasseri (1942), Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar (1853), and Abbas III (1732). After him are Vologases I of Parthia (1), Sultan Husayn (1668), Tahmasp II (1704), Istakhri (850), Anastasius of Persia (550), and Artavasdes II of Armenia (-100).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Sasan ranks 11. Before him are Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078), Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817), Bahá'u'lláh (1817), Báb (1819), Ibn Majah (824), and Mordecai (null). After him are Anastasius of Persia (550), Piruz Nahavandi (700), Safi-ad-din Ardabili (1252), `Abdu'l-Bahá (1844), Al-Juwayni (1028), and Al-Bayhaqi (994).

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