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'Adud al-Dawla

936 - 983

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Fannā (Panāh) Khusraw (Persian: پناه (فنا) خسرو), better known by his laqab of ʿAḍud al-Dawla (Arabic: عضد الدولة, lit. 'pillar of the [Abbasid] dynasty'; 24 September 936 – 26 March 983) was an emir of the Buyid dynasty, ruling from 949 to 983. At the height of his power, he ruled an empire stretching from Makran to Yemen and the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. He is widely regarded as the greatest monarch of the Buyid dynasty, and by the end of his reign he was the most powerful ruler in the Middle East. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. 'Adud al-Dawla is the 5,649th most popular politician (down from 5,314th in 2019), the 173rd most popular biography from Iran (up from 175th in 2019) and the 96th most popular Iranian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, 'Adud al-Dawla ranks 5,649 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Antoku, László Tőkés, Chandrika Kumaratunga, Hwang Jang-yop, Mori Ranmaru, and Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After him are James Brooke, Anna Leopoldovna, Ulpia Marciana, Julio María Sanguinetti, Thorkell the Tall, and Werner Naumann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 936, 'Adud al-Dawla ranks 2. Before him is Al-Zahrawi.  Among people deceased in 983, 'Adud al-Dawla ranks 3. Before him are Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Pope Benedict VII.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, 'Adud al-Dawla ranks 173 out of 631. Before him are Al-Bayhaqi (994), Piruz Nahavandi (700), Hossein Salami (1960), Al-Khazini (1077), Abbas Mirza (1789), and Sultan Husayn (1668). After him are Sharafkhan Bidlisi (1543), Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1942), Apama (-400), Harpagus (-700), Sadegh Hedayat (1903), and Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1135).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, 'Adud al-Dawla ranks 96. Before him are Suleiman of Persia (1647), Vologases III of Parthia (100), Karim Khan Zand (1705), Tiridates I of Armenia (null), Abbas Mirza (1789), and Sultan Husayn (1668). After him are Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1942), Apama (-400), Shapour Bakhtiar (1914), Mehdi Bazargan (1907), Hussein-Ali Montazeri (1922), and Timur Shah Durrani (1748).

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