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Tahmasp I

1514 - 1576

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Tahmasp I (Persian: طهماسب یکم, romanized: Ṭahmāsb or تهماسب یکم Tahmâsb; 22 February 1514 – 14 May 1576) was the second shah of Safavid Iran from 1524 until his death in 1576. He was the eldest son of Ismail I and his principal consort, Tajlu Khanum. Ascending the throne after the death of his father on 23 May 1524, the first years of Tahmasp's reign were marked by civil wars between the Qizilbash leaders until 1532, when he asserted his authority and began an absolute monarchy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tahmasp I has received more than 628,134 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Tahmasp I is the 493rd most popular politician (up from 589th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Iran (up from 25th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Iranian Politician.

Tahmasp I was the second shah of the Safavid dynasty. He is most famous for his military conquests and his patronage of the arts.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tahmasp I ranks 493 out of 15,577. Before him are Şehzade Cihangir, Nader Shah, Macrinus, Alfonso XIII of Spain, Yazid I, and Cnut the Great. After him are John II of France, Hafez al-Assad, Christian VII of Denmark, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Heraklonas, and Sukarno.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1514, Tahmasp I ranks 2. Before him is Andreas Vesalius. After him are John Knox, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Thomas Culpeper, Philibert de l'Orme, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Claude Goudimel, and Hai Rui. Among people deceased in 1576, Tahmasp I ranks 3. Before him are Titian and Gerolamo Cardano. After him are Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, Aloysius Lilius, Hans Sachs, Isabella de' Medici, Frederick III, Elector Palatine, Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Bálint Bakfark, John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg, and Bartolomé Carranza.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Tahmasp I ranks 22 out of 528. Before him are Malik-Shah I (1055), Ulugh Beg (1394), Ali Khamenei (1939), Hafez (1325), Abu Nuwas (762), and Nader Shah (1688). After him are Tughril (990), Mansur Al-Hallaj (858), Al-Tabari (839), Nizam al-Mulk (1018), Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078), and Khosrow I (501).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Tahmasp I ranks 10. Before him are Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919), Harun al-Rashid (766), Cambyses II (-550), Malik-Shah I (1055), Ali Khamenei (1939), and Nader Shah (1688). After him are Nizam al-Mulk (1018), Khosrow I (501), Darius II (-475), Reza Shah (1878), Antiochus III the Great (-241), and Ardashir I (180).

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