1592 - 1666
Shihab al-Din Muhammad Khurram (Persian: شهاب الدين محمد خرم, romanized: Shihāb al-Dīn Muḥammad Khurram; 5 January 1592 – 22 January 1666), better known by his regnal name Shah Jahan (Persian: شاه جهان; lit. 'King of the World'), was the fifth emperor of the Mughal Empire, reigning from January 1628 until July 1658. Under his emperorship, the Mughals reached the peak of their architectural achievements and cultural glory. The third son of Jahangir (r. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shah Jahan has received more than 7,843,388 page views. His biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 81 in 2019). Shah Jahan is the 471st most popular politician (down from 426th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Pakistan and the 2nd most popular Pakistani Politician.
Shah Jahan was the emperor of the Mughal Empire from 1628-1658. He is most famous for building the Taj Mahal in Agra, India.
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Among politicians, Shah Jahan ranks 471 out of 15,710. Before him are Albert II of Germany, Alexander Lukashenko, Atahualpa, Gaiseric, Rudolf Höss, and Severus Alexander. After him are George I of Greece, Margaret I of Denmark, Yazid I, Constantine II of Greece, Igor of Kiev, and Emperor Gaozu of Han.
1397 - 1439
HPI: 79.63
Rank: 465
1954 - Present
HPI: 79.63
Rank: 466
1502 - 1533
HPI: 79.63
Rank: 467
389 - 477
HPI: 79.63
Rank: 468
1901 - 1947
HPI: 79.63
Rank: 469
208 - 235
HPI: 79.62
Rank: 470
1592 - 1666
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 471
1845 - 1913
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 472
1353 - 1412
HPI: 79.60
Rank: 473
647 - 683
HPI: 79.59
Rank: 474
1940 - Present
HPI: 79.57
Rank: 475
877 - 945
HPI: 79.56
Rank: 476
256 BC - 195 BC
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 477
Among people born in 1592, Shah Jahan ranks 2. Before him is John Amos Comenius. After him are Hong Taiji, Pierre Gassendi, Wilhelm Schickard, Gerard van Honthorst, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Jacques Callot, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Catalina de Erauso, Peter Snayers, and François le Métel de Boisrobert. Among people deceased in 1666, Shah Jahan ranks 3. Before him are Anne of Austria and Frans Hals. After him are Abbas II of Persia, François Mansart, Guercino, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Luisa de Guzmán, Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma, and Song Yingxing.
1592 - 1670
HPI: 83.39
Rank: 1
1592 - 1666
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 2
1592 - 1643
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 3
1592 - 1655
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 4
1592 - 1635
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 5
1592 - 1656
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 6
1592 - 1628
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 7
1592 - 1635
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 8
1592 - 1657
HPI: 69.19
Rank: 9
1592 - 1650
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 10
1592 - 1667
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 11
1592 - 1662
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 12
1601 - 1666
HPI: 81.42
Rank: 1
1582 - 1666
HPI: 80.45
Rank: 2
1592 - 1666
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 3
1633 - 1666
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 4
1598 - 1666
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 5
1591 - 1666
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 6
1591 - 1666
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 7
1629 - 1666
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 8
1579 - 1666
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 9
1613 - 1666
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 10
1635 - 1666
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 11
1587 - 1666
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 12
Among people born in Pakistan, Shah Jahan ranks 2 out of 158. Before him are Akbar (1542). After him are Chanakya (-375), Guru Nanak (1469), Muhammad Iqbal (1877), Bhagat Singh (1907), Porus (-400), Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876), Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910), Pāṇini (-500), Benazir Bhutto (1953), and Vasubandhu (400).
1542 - 1605
HPI: 82.79
Rank: 1
1592 - 1666
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 2
375 BC - 283 BC
HPI: 77.86
Rank: 3
1469 - 1539
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 4
1877 - 1938
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 5
1907 - 1931
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 6
400 BC - 316 BC
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 7
1876 - 1948
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 8
1910 - 1995
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 9
500 BC - Present
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 10
1953 - 2007
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 11
400 - 400
HPI: 71.80
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Pakistan, Shah Jahan ranks 2. Before him are Akbar (1542). After him are Porus (-400), Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876), Benazir Bhutto (1953), Kanishka (78), Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928), Aga Khan III (1877), Muhammad bin Tughluq (1290), Manmohan Singh (1932), Ranjit Singh (1780), and Imran Khan (1952).
1542 - 1605
HPI: 82.79
Rank: 1
1592 - 1666
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 2
400 BC - 316 BC
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 3
1876 - 1948
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 4
1953 - 2007
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 5
78 - 144
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 6
1928 - 1979
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 7
1877 - 1957
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 8
1290 - 1351
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 9
1932 - Present
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 10
1780 - 1839
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 11
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 12