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Tahir ibn Husayn

776 - 822

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Ṭāhir ibn Ḥusayn, (Arabic: طاهر بن الحسين, Tahir bin al-Husayn), also known as Dhul-Yamīnayn (Arabic: ذو اليمينين, "the ambidextrous"), and al-Aʿwar (Arabic: الأعور, "the one-eyed"), was a general and governor during the Abbasid Caliphate. Specifically, he served under al-Ma'mun during the Fourth Fitna and led the armies that would defeat al-Amin, making al-Ma'mun the caliph. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tahir ibn Husayn has received more than 97,325 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Tahir ibn Husayn is the 5,347th most popular politician (up from 5,759th in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 52nd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Afghan Politician.

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  • 97k

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  • 59.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tahir ibn Husayn ranks 5,347 out of 19,576. Before him are Girolamo Riario, Grifo, Emperor Konoe, Letsie III of Lesotho, Hedwig of Saxony, and Joan Blaeu. After him are Marcus Antonius, Peter Minuit, Gunther, Michał Kleofas Ogiński, Osorkon II, and Rami Hamdallah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 776, Tahir ibn Husayn ranks 1. After him is Luitgard. Among people deceased in 822, Tahir ibn Husayn ranks 2. Before him is Al-Hakam I. After him is Saichō.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Tahir ibn Husayn ranks 46 out of 177. Before him are Menander I (-190), Ibn al-Rawandi (827), Abu Sa'id Mirza (1424), Khaled Hosseini (1965), Mas'ud I of Ghazni (998), and Haji Mohammad Chamkani (1947). After him are Sher Ali Khan (1825), Abdul Rahim Hatif (1926), Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968), Inayatullah Khan (1888), Saman Khuda (701), and Ibn Hibban (883).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Tahir ibn Husayn ranks 33. Before him are Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1925), Abdul Rashid Dostum (1954), Menander I (-190), Abu Sa'id Mirza (1424), Mas'ud I of Ghazni (998), and Haji Mohammad Chamkani (1947). After him are Sher Ali Khan (1825), Abdul Rahim Hatif (1926), Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968), Inayatullah Khan (1888), Saman Khuda (701), and Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840).

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