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Sultan Husayn

1668 - 1726

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Soltan Hoseyn (Persian: سلطان حسین, romanized: Soltān-Hoseyn; 1668 – 9 September 1727) was the Safavid shah of Iran from 1694 to 1722. He was the son and successor of Shah Suleiman (r. 1666–1694). Born and raised in the royal harem, Soltan Hoseyn ascended the throne with limited life experience and more or less no expertise in the affairs of the country. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sultan Husayn has received more than 182,088 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Sultan Husayn is the 3,241st most popular politician (up from 3,597th in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from Iran (up from 130th in 2019) and the 74th most popular Iranian Politician.

Sultan Husayn was the last ruler of the Ottoman Empire. He was in power from 1909-1918. He is most famous for being the last ruler of the Ottoman Empire and for being assassinated.

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  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sultan Husayn ranks 3,241 out of 19,576. Before him are Christian Rakovsky, Marine Le Pen, Emperor Ai of Tang, Bolesław II the Generous, Otto I, Duke of Saxony, and Taharqa. After him are Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, Abbas II of Egypt, Gustav Ritter von Kahr, Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, Radomir Putnik, and Zhao Bing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1668, Sultan Husayn ranks 7. Before him are Giambattista Vico, François Couperin, Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Herman Boerhaave, Alain-René Lesage, and Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt. After him are John George IV, Elector of Saxony, Francesco Gasparini, Louis, Prince of Condé, Petr Brandl, Apostolo Zeno, and Georg Heinrich von Görtz. Among people deceased in 1726, Sultan Husayn ranks 4. Before him are Isaac Newton, Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, and Sophia Dorothea of Celle. After him are Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin, Michel Richard Delalande, Domenico Zipoli, Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden, Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau, and John Vanbrugh.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Sultan Husayn ranks 126 out of 631. Before him are Arses of Persia (-360), Mehran Karimi Nasseri (1942), Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar (1853), Abbas III (1732), Sasan (200), and Vologases I of Parthia (1). After him are Tahmasp II (1704), Istakhri (850), Anastasius of Persia (550), Artavasdes II of Armenia (-100), Mulla Sadra (1571), and Sibawayh (760).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Sultan Husayn ranks 74. Before him are Bardiya (-580), Karim Khan Zand (1705), Arses of Persia (-360), Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar (1853), Abbas III (1732), and Vologases I of Parthia (1). After him are Tahmasp II (1704), Istakhri (850), Artavasdes II of Armenia (-100), Jahan Shah (1397), Arsaces I of Parthia (-280), and Osroes I (50).

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