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Abbas Mirza

1789 - 1833

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Abbas Mirza (Persian: عباس میرزا; 26 August 1789 – 25 October 1833) was the Qajar crown prince of Iran during the reign of his father Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (r. 1797–1834). As governor of the vulnerable Azerbaijan province, he played a crucial part in the two wars against the Russian Empire (1804–1813 and 1826–1828), as well as the war of 1821–1823 against the Ottoman Empire. He is also recognized for leading Iran's first reform and modernization attempts with the help of his ministers Mirza Bozorg Qa'em-Maqam and Abol-Qasem Qa'em-Maqam. The conflict in the Azerbaijan and Caucasus regions between Iran and the Russian Empire was prevalent throughout the time that Abbas Mirza was growing up. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abbas Mirza is the 5,541st most popular politician (down from 4,701st in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from Iran (down from 164th in 2019) and the 94th most popular Iranian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abbas Mirza ranks 5,541 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Huai of Jin, Mohammad Ali Bogra, Emperor Montoku, Siemomysł, Emperor Chōkei, and Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud. After him are Henry A. Wallace, Valentin Pavlov, Guillaume de Beaujeu, İslâm III Giray, Dries van Agt, and Abdul Rashid Dostum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1789, Abbas Mirza ranks 14. Before him are Friedrich List, Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Horace Vernet, Johann Friedrich Overbeck, Heinrich Schwabe, and Maria Szymanowska. After him are Carl Gustav Carus, Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel, Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, Marcellin Champagnat, Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg, and Friedrich Boie. Among people deceased in 1833, Abbas Mirza ranks 17. Before him are William Wilberforce, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Hugh Glass, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, and Edmund Kean. After him are Adamantios Korais, Michał Kleofas Ogiński, Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, René Louiche Desfontaines, Antoni Radziwiłł, and Ferdinand Hérold.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Abbas Mirza ranks 171 out of 631. Before him are Abū Sahl al-Qūhī (940), Tiridates I of Armenia (null), Al-Bayhaqi (994), Piruz Nahavandi (700), Hossein Salami (1960), and Al-Khazini (1077). After him are Sultan Husayn (1668), 'Adud al-Dawla (936), Sharafkhan Bidlisi (1543), Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1942), Apama (-400), and Harpagus (-700).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Abbas Mirza ranks 94. Before him are Arses of Persia (-360), Arsaces II of Parthia (-300), Suleiman of Persia (1647), Vologases III of Parthia (100), Karim Khan Zand (1705), and Tiridates I of Armenia (null). After him are Sultan Husayn (1668), 'Adud al-Dawla (936), Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1942), Apama (-400), Shapour Bakhtiar (1914), and Mehdi Bazargan (1907).

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