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Zagan Pasha

1450 - 1464

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Zaganos or Zagan Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: زاغنوس پاشا, Turkish: Zağanos Paşa, Albanian: Zognush Pasha; c. 1426 – 1469) was an Albanian Ottoman military commander, with the titles and ranks of kapudan pasha and the highest military rank, grand vizier, during the reign of Sultan Mehmed II "the Conqueror". Originally a Christian, who was conscripted and converted through the devşirme system, he became a Muslim and rose through the ranks of the janissaries. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zagan Pasha has received more than 312,042 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Zagan Pasha is the 4,835th most popular politician (up from 5,390th in 2019).

Zagan Pasha was a military commander in the Ottoman Empire. He is most famous for leading the Ottoman army to victory in the Battle of Vienna in 1683.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among politicians, Zagan Pasha ranks 4,835 out of 19,576. Before him are Jazzar Pasha, Josef Bühler, Takahito, Prince Mikasa, Emperor Fushimi, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, and John Rabe. After him are Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, Rudolf Diels, Magnus II of Sweden, Fuchai, Alphonse, Count of Poitiers, and George III of Georgia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1450, Zagan Pasha ranks 16. Before him are Martin Schongauer, Francisco de Almeida, Marko Marulić, Gerard David, Veit Stoss, and Ravidas. After him are Heinrich Isaac, Gedik Ahmed Pasha, Juan de Flandes, Francesco Francia, Ibrahim Lodi, and Pêro da Covilhã. Among people deceased in 1464, Zagan Pasha ranks 8. Before him are Nicholas of Cusa, Rogier van der Weyden, Cosimo de' Medici, Emperor Yingzong of Ming, Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, and Blanche II of Navarre. After him are Bernardo Rossellino, Catherine of Poděbrady, Desiderio da Settignano, Bartolomeo Bon, John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, and Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset.

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