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Abdul Karim

1863 - 1909

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Mohammed Abdul Karim (1863 — 20 April 1909), also known as "the Munshi", was an Indian attendant of Queen Victoria. He served her during the final fourteen years of her reign, gaining her maternal affection over that time. Karim was born the son of a hospital assistant at Lalitpur, near Jhansi in British India. In 1887, the year of Victoria's Golden Jubilee, Karim was one of two Indians selected to become servants to the Queen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdul Karim is the 8,549th most popular politician (down from 5,005th in 2019), the 305th most popular biography from India (down from 174th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular Indian Politician.

Abdul Karim is most famous for being the first person to translate the Quran into English.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdul Karim ranks 8,549 out of 19,576. Before him are Pēteris Stučka, Agnes of Dampierre, Mile Budak, Beatrice of Savoy, August Hermann Francke, and Thomas, Count of Flanders. After him are Mohamed Osman Jawari, Maurice Rouvier, Francisco Guterres, Victor Stănculescu, Zhu Yousong, and Li Jue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Abdul Karim ranks 63. Before him are Arthur Machen, Paul Drude, Princess Mathilde of Saxony, Hugo Haase, Paul Héroult, and Paul Walden. After him are Qasim Amin, Eero Järnefelt, Felix Blumenfeld, Max Skladanowsky, Joseph Caillaux, and Yevhen Petrushevych. Among people deceased in 1909, Abdul Karim ranks 37. Before him are Naftali Herz Imber, Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, George Meredith, Afonso Pena, Caran d'Ache, and Harry Seeley. After him are Friedrich Martens, Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Walther Ritz, Joshua Slocum, Margarete Steiff, and Karl Krumbacher.

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In India

Among people born in India, Abdul Karim ranks 305 out of 1,861. Before him are Mad Mike Hoare (1919), Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876), Charan Singh (1902), Andal (800), Sankardev (1449), and Guru Amar Das (1479). After him are Kuvempu (1904), Jaya Bachchan (1948), Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (1887), Michael Radford (1946), Shantanu (null), and C. Rajagopalachari (1878).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Abdul Karim ranks 103. Before him are Morarji Desai (1896), Chand Bibi (1550), Afzal-ud-Daulah (1827), Tarabai (1675), Jaswant Singh (1938), and Charan Singh (1902). After him are Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (1887), Shantanu (null), Karamchand Gandhi (1822), Gupta (240), Phoolan Devi (1963), and Bahadur Shah I (1643).

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