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Yusuf ibn Tashfin

1009 - 1106

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Yusuf ibn Tashfin, also Tashafin, Teshufin, (Arabic: يوسف بن تاشفين ناصر الدين بن تالاكاكين الصنهاجي, romanized: Yūsuf ibn Tāshfīn Naṣr al-Dīn ibn Tālākakīn al-Ṣanhājī; reigned c. 1061 – 1106) was a Sanhaja leader of the Almoravid Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yusuf ibn Tashfin has received more than 374,476 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Yusuf ibn Tashfin is the 2,627th most popular politician (up from 2,852nd in 2019), the most popular biography from Niger (up from 13th in 2019) and the most popular Nigerien Politician.

Yusuf ibn Tashfin was a Berber Muslim leader who conquered the region of Al-Andalus (modern day Spain) in 1085. He was the first ruler of the independent taifa of Granada.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yusuf ibn Tashfin ranks 2,627 out of 15,577Before him are Pepin I of Aquitaine, Vishvamitra, Cecrops I, Kārlis Ulmanis, Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon, and Gisela of Hungary. After him are Emperor Ling of Han, Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, Wilhelm Liebknecht, Eric VI of Denmark, Megawati Sukarnoputri, and Quirinius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1009, Yusuf ibn Tashfin ranks 1After him are Peter Delyan, Emperor Go-Suzaku, Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan, Adela of France, George the Hagiorite, Ali Hujwiri, and García Sánchez of Castile. Among people deceased in 1106, Yusuf ibn Tashfin ranks 2Before him is Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Nestor the Chronicler, Magnus, Duke of Saxony, Benno, Minamoto no Yoshiie, and Geoffrey IV, Count of Anjou.

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In Niger

Among people born in Niger, Yusuf ibn Tashfin ranks 1 out of 19After him are Mamadou Tandja (1938), Hamani Diori (1916), Mahamadou Issoufou (1952), Seyni Kountché (1931), Ali Saibou (1940), Mahamane Ousmane (1948), Mohamed Bazoum (1960), Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (1949), Daouda Malam Wanké (1946), Brigi Rafini (1953), and Issake Dabore (1940).

Among POLITICIANS In Niger

Among politicians born in Niger, Yusuf ibn Tashfin ranks 1After him are Mamadou Tandja (1938), Hamani Diori (1916), Mahamadou Issoufou (1952), Seyni Kountché (1931), Ali Saibou (1940), Mahamane Ousmane (1948), Mohamed Bazoum (1960), Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (1949), Daouda Malam Wanké (1946), Brigi Rafini (1953), and Salou Djibo (1965).