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Abdul Rasul Sayyaf

1946 - Today

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Abdulrab Rasul Sayyaf (born 1946) is an Afghan politician and former military commander. He took part in the war against the Marxist–Leninist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) government in the 1980s, leading the Afghan mujahideen faction Ittehad-al-Islami (Islamic Union). Compared to other Afghan mujahideen leaders, Sayyaf was closely tied with international mujahideen from the Arab world. During the Soviet-Afghan War he had close relations with Saudi Arabia and helped mobilize Arab jihadist volunteers for the mujahideen forces. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Abdul Rasul Sayyaf is the 9,578th most popular politician (up from 14,206th in 2024), the 82nd most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 114th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdul Rasul Sayyaf ranks 9,577 out of 19,576. Before him are Quietus, Clotilde, David Axelrod, Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Sonthi Boonyaratglin. After him are Mitso Asen of Bulgaria, Ante Trumbić, Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp, Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg, Fred Sinowatz, Ba Maw, and Giuseppe Zanardelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Abdul Rasul Sayyaf ranks 262. Before him are Duane Allman, Piet Schrijvers, Henrique Rosa, John Watson, William Thurston, and Sonthi Boonyaratglin. After him are Terence McKenna, Moritz Leuenberger, Renzo Zorzi, Marián Čalfa, Frank Welker, and Anatoliy Banishevskiy.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Abdul Rasul Sayyaf ranks 82 out of 177. Before him are Ahmad Zahir (1946), Diodotus I (-285), Ismail Khan (1946), Gulbadan Begum (1523), Baysunghur (1397), and Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840). After him are Abdullah Abdullah (1960), Muhammad of Ghazni (998), Abdul Qadir (1944), Suhaila Siddiq (1938), Eucratides I (-170), and Khvandamir (1475).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Abdul Rasul Sayyaf ranks 56. Before him are Diodotus II (-252), Kujula Kadphises (20), Akhtar Mansour (1968), Diodotus I (-285), Ismail Khan (1946), and Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840). After him are Abdullah Abdullah (1960), Muhammad of Ghazni (998), Abdul Qadir (1944), Suhaila Siddiq (1938), Eucratides I (-170), and Demetrius I of Bactria (-300).

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