840 - 879
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 176,788 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar is the 7,373rd most popular politician (up from 7,504th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 50th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Afghan Politician.
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Among politicians, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar ranks 7,373 out of 15,577. Before him are Malyuta Skuratov, Umayya ibn Abd Shams, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Archduke Leopold Ludwig of Austria, Bernhard Schmidt, and Theophano Martinakia. After him are Bettino Ricasoli, Tiberius Sempronius Longus, Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Samsu-Ditana, and Ayad Allawi.
1600 - 1573
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 7,367
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 7,368
1880 - 1951
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 7,369
1823 - 1898
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 7,370
1879 - 1935
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 7,371
865 - 893
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 7,372
840 - 879
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 7,373
1809 - 1880
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 7,374
250 BC - 209 BC
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 7,375
1756 - 1819
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 7,376
1862 - 1933
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 7,377
1700 BC - 1600 BC
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 7,378
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 7,379
Among people born in 840, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar ranks 8. Before him are Clement of Ohrid, Pope Theodore II, Svatopluk I of Moravia, Wilfred the Hairy, Richardis, and Notker the Stammerer. After him are Hucbald, Eudokia Ingerina, 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 Ansgarde of Burgundy and Zdeslav of Croatia.
840 - 916
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 2
840 - 897
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 3
840 - 894
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 4
840 - 897
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 5
840 - 895
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 6
840 - 912
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 7
840 - 879
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 8
840 - 930
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 9
840 - 882
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 10
840 - 874
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 11
830 - 879
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 1
846 - 879
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 2
830 - 879
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 3
815 - 879
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 4
840 - 879
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 5
826 - 879
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 6
900 - 879
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 7
Among people born in Afghanistan, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar ranks 61 out of 145. Before him are Ismail Khan (1946), Muhammad Shah (1702), Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968), Abu Sa'id Mirza (1424), Sanai (1080), and Abdullah Abdullah (1960). After him are Diodotus II (-252), Abdul Ali Mazari (1946), Ibn Hibban (883), Saman Khuda (701), Eucratides I (-170), and Jalal-ud-din Khalji (1220).
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 55
1702 - 1748
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 56
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 57
1424 - 1469
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 58
1080 - 1131
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 59
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 60
840 - 879
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 61
252 BC - 220 BC
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 62
1946 - 1995
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 63
883 - 965
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 64
701 - Present
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 65
170 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 66
1220 - 1296
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 67
Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar ranks 45. Before him are Haji Mohammad Chamkani (1947), Ismail Khan (1946), Muhammad Shah (1702), Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968), Abu Sa'id Mirza (1424), and Abdullah Abdullah (1960). After him are Diodotus II (-252), Abdul Ali Mazari (1946), Saman Khuda (701), Eucratides I (-170), Jalal-ud-din Khalji (1220), and Kujula Kadphises (20).
1947 - 2012
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 39
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 40
1702 - 1748
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 41
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 42
1424 - 1469
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 43
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 44
840 - 879
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 45
252 BC - 220 BC
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 46
1946 - 1995
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 47
701 - Present
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 48
170 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 49
1220 - 1296
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 50
20 - 80
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 51