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Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani

798 - 844

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Abdallah ibn Tahir (Persian: عبدالله طاهر, Arabic: عبد الله بن طاهر الخراساني) (ca. 798–844/5) was a military leader and the Tahirid governor of Khurasan from 828 until his death. He is perhaps the most famous of the Tahirids. His career spanned twenty-five years under three caliphs, al-Ma'mun, al-Mu'tasim, and al-Wathiq. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani is the 10,386th most popular politician (down from 9,122nd in 2019), the 263rd most popular biography from Iran (down from 245th in 2019) and the 134th most popular Iranian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani ranks 10,386 out of 19,576Before him are Scott Walker, Ashot III of Armenia, Flavio Cotti, Valdis Dombrovskis, Angelica Singleton Van Buren, and Galindo Aznárez I. After him are Marcia, Seni Pramoj, Mithridates II of Commagene, Herman Willem Daendels, Newt Gingrich, and Shankar Dayal Sharma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 798, Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani ranks 2Before him is Babak Khorramdin.  Among people deceased in 844, Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani ranks 5Before him are Pope Gregory IV, Michael I Rangabe, Bernard of Septimania, and Bera, Count of Barcelona. After him are Galindo Garcés, and Rædwulf of Northumbria.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani ranks 263 out of 631Before him are Hossein Nasr (1933), Shirin Neshat (1957), Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1933), Shaun Toub (1963), Táhirih (1817), and Ali Daei (1969). After him are Leila Pahlavi (1970), Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi (1875), Farrokhroo Parsa (1922), Mastoureh Ardalan (1805), Arash (1977), and Kader Abdolah (1954).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani ranks 134Before him are Shams Pahlavi (1917), Orodes I of Parthia (-190), Mohammad Beheshti (1928), Lotf Ali Khan (1769), Farahnaz Pahlavi (1963), and Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1933). After him are Farrokhroo Parsa (1922), Ahmad Jannati (1927), Maryam Rajavi (1953), Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou (1930), Jafar Khan (1800), and Mehdi Karroubi (1937).