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Yelü Dashi

1087 - 1143

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Yelü Dashi (Chinese: 耶律大石; pinyin: Yēlǜ Dàshí; Wade–Giles: Yeh-Lü Ta-Shih; alternatively Chinese: 耶律達實; pinyin: Yēlǜ Dáshí), courtesy name Zhongde (重德), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Dezong of Western Liao (西遼德宗), was the founder of the Western Liao dynasty (Qara Khitai). He initially ruled as king from 1124 to 1132, then as emperor and gurkhan from 1132 to 1143. He was also known in Muslim sources as Nūshī Taifū, Qushqin Taifū or Qushqīn, son of Baighū. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yelü Dashi has received more than 147,740 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Yelü Dashi is the 2,653rd most popular politician (up from 3,168th in 2019).

Yelü dashi is most famous for being the founder of the Yelü clan, which was a ruling clan in the Liao Dynasty.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among politicians, Yelü Dashi ranks 2,653 out of 19,576. Before him are Orodes II, Naram-Sin of Akkad, Giuseppe Guarneri, Zhang Zuolin, Renée of France, and Óscar Arias. After him are Mark Rutte, Cola di Rienzo, Blanche I of Navarre, Teos of Egypt, Kavad II, and Prince George of Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1087, Yelü Dashi ranks 3. Before him are Imad ad-Din Zengi, and John II Komnenos. After him is Richenza of Northeim. Among people deceased in 1143, Yelü Dashi ranks 4. Before him are Pope Innocent II, John II Komnenos, and Fulk, King of Jerusalem. After him are Ali ibn Yusuf, Agnes of Waiblingen, Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy, Gertrude of Süpplingenburg, Ermesinde of Luxembourg, Countess of Namur, and Konrad II, Count of Württemberg.

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