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Shamshi-Adad I

1860 BC - 1776 BC

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Shamshi-Adad (Akkadian: Šamši-Adad; Amorite: Shamshi-Addu), ruled c. 1808–1776 BC, was an Amorite warlord and conqueror who had conquered lands across much of Syria, Anatolia, and Upper Mesopotamia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shamshi-Adad I has received more than 215,134 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Shamshi-Adad I is the 3,009th most popular politician (down from 2,477th in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 67th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Iraqi Politician.

Shamshi-adad I is most famous for his victory over the Assyrian king, Shalmaneser III, in the Battle of Til-Tuba in 859 BC.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shamshi-Adad I ranks 3,009 out of 19,576. Before him are Ferhat Abbas, Al-Muntasir, Philotas, Nexhmije Hoxha, Luigi Einaudi, and Herschel Grynszpan. After him are Fulvia, Thusnelda, Sabium, Humbert I, Count of Savoy, Edi Rama, and Karim Khan Zand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860 BC, Shamshi-Adad I ranks 2. Before him is Amenemhat III.  Among people deceased in 1776 BC, Shamshi-Adad I ranks 1. 

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Shamshi-Adad I ranks 84 out of 384. Before him are Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad (648), Al-Muqtadir (895), Nahor, son of Serug (-1912), Muhammad al-Shaybani (750), Sargon I (-1900), and Al-Muntasir (837). After him are Ibn al-Jawzi (1116), Hormizd IV (540), Adad-nirari I (-1400), Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (1941), Ahmad ibn Tulun (835), and Al-Mutanabbi (915).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Shamshi-Adad I ranks 46. Before him are Urukagina (-2500), Abdul Rahman Arif (1916), Abdul Salam Arif (1921), Al-Muqtadir (895), Sargon I (-1900), and Al-Muntasir (837). After him are Hormizd IV (540), Adad-nirari I (-1400), Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (1941), Ahmad ibn Tulun (835), Nouri al-Maliki (1950), and Lugal-zage-si (-2360).

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