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Al-Muqanna

800 - 783

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Al-Muqanna (Arabic: المقنع "The Veiled", died c. 783) born Hashim, (Arabic: هاشم), was an 8th-century political and military leader who operated in modern Iran. He led an anti-Islamic rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate and claimed to be a prophet. He was a major figure of the Khorrām-Dīn, an Iranian religion which drew on Zoroastrian and Islamic influences. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Muqanna is the 3,922nd most popular politician (down from 3,311th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Turkmenistan (up from 12th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Turkmen Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Al-Muqanna ranks 3,922 out of 19,576. Before him are Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Rudolf Kirchschläger, Shukri al-Quwatli, Neferefre, Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, and Gina Haspel. After him are Ali of Hejaz, Phraates IV, Charles G. Dawes, Pribina, Oswald Pohl, and Magnus II of Sweden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 800, Al-Muqanna ranks 13. Before him are Fatima al-Fihri, Offa of Mercia, Sigurd Ring, Piast the Wheelwright, Antipope Philip, and Ælla of Northumbria. After him are Pribina, Thomas the Slav, Beorhtric of Wessex, Jayavarman II, George Syncellus, and Omurtag of Bulgaria. Among people deceased in 783, Al-Muqanna ranks 3. Before him are Hildegard of the Vinzgau, and Bertrada of Laon. After him are Silo of Asturias, Han Gan, and Bashar ibn Burd.

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In Turkmenistan

Among people born in Turkmenistan, Al-Muqanna ranks 11 out of 50. Before him are Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (1957), Al-Nasa'i (829), Ibn Khordadbeh (820), Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur (1603), Chaghri Beg (989), and Al-Zamakhshari (1075). After him are Yelena Bonner (1923), Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak (736), Jaʻfar ibn Yahya (767), Sufyan al-Thawri (716), Mithridates II of Parthia (-150), and Al-Shahrastani (1086).

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Among POLITICIANS In Turkmenistan

Among politicians born in Turkmenistan, Al-Muqanna ranks 5. Before him are Saparmurat Niyazov (1940), Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu (1199), Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (1957), and Chaghri Beg (989). After him are Jaʻfar ibn Yahya (767), Mithridates II of Parthia (-150), Safdar Jang (1708), Andronikos I of Trebizond (1101), Serdar Berdimuhamedow (1981), Yahya ibn Khalid (701), and Dmitri Shepilov (1905).

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