The Most Famous
ARCHITECTS from Afghanistan
This page contains a list of the greatest Afghan Architects. The pantheon dataset contains 518 Architects, 1 of which were born in Afghanistan. This makes Afghanistan the birth place of the 48th most number of Architects behind Moldova, and Lebanon.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Afghan Architects of all time. This list of famous Afghan Architects is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Baysunghur (1397 - 1433)
With an HPI of 61.81, Baysunghur is the most famous Afghan Architect. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.
Ghiyath ud-din Baysunghur ( غیاثالدین بایسنقر) commonly known as Baysonqor or Baysongor, Baysonghor or (incorrectly) as Baysunqar, also called Sultan Bāysonḡor Bahādor Khan (1397–1433) was a prince of the Timurid dynasty and a grandson of Timur. He was known as a patron of arts and architecture, the leading patron of the Persian miniature in Iran, commissioning the Baysunghur Shahnameh and other works, as well as being a prominent calligrapher.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Afghan architects born between 1397 and 1397. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Afghan architects include Baysunghur.
