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Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar

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Ya'qūb ibn al-Layth al-Saffār (Persian: یعقوب لیث صفاری; 25 October 840 – 5 June 879), was a coppersmith and the founder of the Saffarid dynasty of Sistan, with its capital at Zaranj (a city now in south-western Afghanistan). Under his military leadership, he conquered much of the eastern portions of Greater Iran consisting of modern-day Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan as well as portions of western Pakistan and a small part of Iraq. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar has received more than 198,677 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar is the 6,839th most popular politician (up from 7,353rd in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 61st in 2019) and the 39th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar ranks 6,839 out of 19,576. Before him are García Íñiguez of Pamplona, Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza, Gregoria, Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Cunipert, and Viktor Chernov. After him are Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura, Konrad von Jungingen, Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, Malcolm II of Scotland, Ambrosius Aurelianus, and Barbara Jagiellon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 840, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar ranks 8. Before him are Clement of Ohrid, Svatopluk I of Moravia, Pope Theodore II, Richardis, Wilfred the Hairy, and Notker the Stammerer. After him are Eudokia Ingerina, Hucbald, and Unruoch III of Friuli. Among people deceased in 879, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar ranks 5. Before him are Rurik, Louis the Stammerer, Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders, and Anastasius Bibliothecarius. After him are Zdeslav of Croatia, and Ansgarde of Burgundy.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar ranks 55 out of 177. Before him are Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968), Inayatullah Khan (1888), Saman Khuda (701), Ibn Hibban (883), Abu Sa'id Gardezi (1100), and Abu Maʿshar (787). After him are Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji (1101), Sanai (1080), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949), Jalal-ud-din Khalji (1220), Kujula Kadphises (20), and Baysunghur (1397).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar ranks 39. Before him are Tahir ibn Husayn (776), Sher Ali Khan (1825), Abdul Rahim Hatif (1926), Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968), Inayatullah Khan (1888), and Saman Khuda (701). After him are Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949), Jalal-ud-din Khalji (1220), Kujula Kadphises (20), Ismail Khan (1946), Mirwais Hotak (1673), and Ashraf Hotak (1700).

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