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Uzun Hasan

1423 - 1478

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Uzun Hasan or Uzun Hassan (Azerbaijani: Uzun Həsən اوزون حسن; Persian: اوزون حسن; where uzun means "tall" in Oghuz Turkic; 1423 – January 6, 1478) was a ruler of the Turkoman Aq Qoyunlu state and is generally considered to be its strongest ruler. Hasan ruled between 1452 and 1478, and would preside over the confederation's territorial apex when it included parts or all of present-day Iraq, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran, Transcaucasia and Syria. Uzun Hasan, died at aged (54-55) from terminal ilness or brain cancer, he could not have survived from his death due to his stress and constant fighting. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Uzun Hasan has received more than 219,592 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Uzun Hasan is the 1,634th most popular politician (down from 1,418th in 2019), the 224th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 207th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular Turkish Politician.

Uzun Hasan was the ruler of the Akkoyunlu dynasty in the 15th century. He was most famous for his military victories against the Ottoman Empire.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Uzun Hasan ranks 1,634 out of 15,577Before him are Axel Oxenstierna, Josef Kramer, Šuppiluliuma I, Shinzō Abe, Soong Mei-ling, and Mago Barca. After him are Tancred, Prince of Galilee, Cuauhtémoc, King Wu of Zhou, Stefan Lazarević, Alexander of Battenberg, and William II, Prince of Orange.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1423, Uzun Hasan ranks 3Before him are Louis XI of France and Ferdinand I of Naples. After him are Georg von Peuerbach, Laonikos Chalkokondyles, and Pierre d'Aubusson. Among people deceased in 1478, Uzun Hasan ranks 2Before him is Giuliano de' Medici. After him are George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, Catherine of Bosnia, Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, Yolande of Valois, Fernando I, Duke of Braganza, Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Andrea Vendramin.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Uzun Hasan ranks 224 out of 1,301Before him are Theophanu (960), Herophilos (-335), Michael Psellos (1018), Celâl Bayar (1883), Pharamond (370), and Sabbas the Sanctified (439). After him are Cemal Gürsel (1895), Glycerius (430), Romanos II (938), Dionysius Exiguus (475), Constantine VIII (960), and Ahmet Necdet Sezer (1941).

Among POLITICIANS In Turkey

Among politicians born in Turkey, Uzun Hasan ranks 123Before him are Romanos I Lekapenos (870), Gyges of Lydia (-790), Ayşe Sultan (1541), Theophanu (960), Celâl Bayar (1883), and Pharamond (370). After him are Cemal Gürsel (1895), Glycerius (430), Romanos II (938), Constantine VIII (960), Ahmet Necdet Sezer (1941), and Alexios IV Angelos (1182).