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Shapur I

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Shapur I (also spelled Shabuhr I; Middle Persian: 𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩, romanized: Šābuhr) was the second Sasanian King of Kings of Iran. The precise dating of his reign is disputed, but it is generally agreed that he ruled from 240 to 270, with his father Ardashir I as co-regent until the death of the latter in 242. During his co-regency, he helped his father with the conquest and destruction of the city of Hatra, whose fall was facilitated, according to Islamic tradition, by the actions of his future wife al-Nadirah. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shapur I has received more than 840,482 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Shapur I is the 817th most popular politician (down from 786th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Iran (down from 37th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Iranian Politician.

Shapur I is most famous for his victory over the Romans in the Battle of Edessa.

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  • 70.85

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  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shapur I ranks 817 out of 19,576. Before him are Roger II of Sicily, Mary of Hungary, Nikolai Bukharin, Ehud Olmert, William I of the Netherlands, and Farah Pahlavi. After him are Ardashir I, Bashar al-Assad, Habib Bourguiba, Kurt Waldheim, Arthur Henderson, and Ivan VI of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 150, Shapur I ranks 2. Before him is Nagarjuna. After him are Clement of Alexandria, Pope Zephyrinus, Clodius Albinus, Lucilla, Vologases IV, Zhang Zhongjing, Aristides of Athens, Dian Wei, Terentianus, and Gaius Fulvius Plautianus. Among people deceased in 270, Shapur I ranks 2. Before him is Plotinus. After him are Claudius Gothicus, Quintillus, Gregory Thaumaturgus, Jungcheon of Goguryeo, and Theognostus of Alexandria.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Shapur I ranks 44 out of 631. Before him are Antiochus III the Great (-241), Saadi Shirazi (1210), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), Qasem Soleimani (1957), Jami (1414), and Farah Pahlavi (1938). After him are Ardashir I (180), Cambyses I (-600), Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (903), Bahá'u'lláh (1817), Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247), and Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Shapur I ranks 19. Before him are Hassan Rouhani (1948), Darius II (-475), Nizam al-Mulk (1018), Antiochus III the Great (-241), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), and Farah Pahlavi (1938). After him are Ardashir I (180), Cambyses I (-600), Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247), Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882), Yazdegerd III (624), and Ghazan (1271).

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