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Adel Shah

1719 - 1749

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Ali-qoli Khan (Persian: علیقلی‌خان), commonly known by his regnal title Adel Shah (also spelled Adil; عادل‌شاه, "the Just King") was the second shah of Afsharid Iran, ruling from 1747 to 1748. He was the nephew and successor of Nader Shah (r. 1736–1747), the founder of the Afsharid dynasty. Adel Shah ruled a considerably smaller realm than that of his predecessor. His rule was only secured in eastern Iran, and he later attempted to secure it in western Iran as well. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adel Shah is the 8,798th most popular politician (down from 5,100th in 2019). (down from 711th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Adel Shah ranks 8,798 out of 19,576. Before him are Rafael Casanova, Catherine of Burgundy, Gaius Scribonius Curio, Renaud de Vichiers, Mithridates I of the Bosporus, and Amir-Abbas Hoveyda. After him are France-Albert René, Amadeo Bordiga, William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Princess Mary of Great Britain, Jan de Klerk, and Spurius Lartius.

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Among people born in 1719, Adel Shah ranks 9. Before him are Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Xenia of Saint Petersburg, Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, Jacques Cazotte, and Gottfried Achenwall. After him are Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp, Christian Mayer, Pierre Poivre, Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, and Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo. Among people deceased in 1749, Adel Shah ranks 6. Before him are Émilie du Châtelet, Françoise Marie de Bourbon, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, Alessandro Magnasco, and Shahu I. After him are Claudine Guérin de Tencin, Mkhitar Sebastatsi, Jan van Huysum, William Jones, Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, and Matthias Bel.

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