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Soraya Tarzi

1899 - 1968

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Soraya Tarzi (Pashto/Dari: ثريا طرزی; November 24, 1899 – April 20, 1968) was the first Queen of Afghanistan as the wife of King Amanullah Khan. She played a major part in the modernization reforms of Amanullah Khan, particularly in regard to the emancipation of women. Born in Syria, she was educated by her father, who was the Afghan leader and intellectual Sardar Mahmud Beg Tarzi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Soraya Tarzi has received more than 914,180 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Soraya Tarzi is the 8,563rd most popular politician (down from 7,653rd in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Syria (down from 88th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Syrian Politician.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Soraya Tarzi ranks 8,563 out of 19,576. Before her are Abd al-Wahid I, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Hiltrud, Constantin Sănătescu, Liu Bocheng, and Irina Rodnina. After her are Ada of Caria, Muhammad III of Granada, Manuel Oribe, Martine Aubry, David VII of Georgia, and Iuliu Maniu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Soraya Tarzi ranks 114. Before her are Ramon Novarro, Zaki al-Arsuzi, Eugene Ormandy, Café Filho, Domingo Tejera, and John Barbirolli. After her are Pancho Vladigerov, Lovro von Matačić, Princess Nadezhda of Bulgaria, Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, Sherm Clark, and Noël Coward. Among people deceased in 1968, Soraya Tarzi ranks 86. Before her are Jo Schlesser, Hans Cramer, Ramon Novarro, Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine, Zaki al-Arsuzi, and Ildebrando Pizzetti. After her are Ludovico Scarfiotti, Duke Kahanamoku, Howard Florey, Tullio Serafin, R. Norris Williams, and Tallulah Bankhead.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Soraya Tarzi ranks 101 out of 210. Before her are Tiridates II of Parthia (-100), John Moschus (550), Husni al-Za'im (1897), Ahmad al-Khatib (1933), Gaius Julius Priscus (250), and Zaki al-Arsuzi (1899). After her are Gregory III Laham (1933), Hashim al-Atassi (1875), Ben-Hadad I (-1000), Ibn Abi Usaibia (1204), Hayır Bey (1464), and Seleucus VII Philometor (-100).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Soraya Tarzi ranks 52. Before her are Salih Muslim (1951), Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik (685), Tiridates II of Parthia (-100), Husni al-Za'im (1897), Ahmad al-Khatib (1933), and Gaius Julius Priscus (250). After her are Hashim al-Atassi (1875), Ben-Hadad I (-1000), Hayır Bey (1464), Seleucus VII Philometor (-100), Walid Muallem (1941), and Ibn al-Qalanisi (1073).

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