POLITICIAN

Shahrbaraz

600 - 629

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Shahrbaraz (also spelled Shahrvaraz or Shahrwaraz; New Persian: شهربراز), was shah (king) of the Sasanian Empire from 27 April 630 to 9 June 630. He usurped the throne from Ardashir III, and was killed by Iranian nobles after forty days. Before usurping the Sasanian throne he was a spahbed (general) under Khosrow II (590–628). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shahrbaraz has received more than 346,746 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Shahrbaraz is the 3,643rd most popular politician (down from 3,489th in 2019).

Shahrbaraz is most famous for his conquest of Egypt, which he accomplished in 663.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shahrbaraz ranks 3,643 out of 19,576Before him are Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, Liutprand, King of the Lombards, Robert I, Count of Artois, Sumu-abum, and William III of Sicily. After him are Louise of France, Philip III of Navarre, Anitta, Canute I of Sweden, Afonso I of Kongo, and Alexander Danilovich Menshikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Shahrbaraz ranks 23Before him are Bahram Chobin, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, Pope Severinus, Rayhana bint Zayd, Ubayy ibn Ka'b, and Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy. After him are Bayan I, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, Al-Mughira, Cosmas Indicopleustes, and Heraclius the Elder. Among people deceased in 629, Shahrbaraz ranks 6Before him are Zainab bint Muhammad, Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb, Zayd ibn Harithah, Chlothar II, and Ja'far ibn Abi Talib. After him are 'Abd Allah ibn Rawahah, Khosrow III, Al-A'sha, and Eochaid Buide.

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