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Amir Kabir

1807 - 1852

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Mirza Taghi Khan-e Farahani (Persian: میرزا تقی‌خان فراهانی), better known as Amir Kabir (Persian: امیرکبیر‎; 9 January 1807 – 10 January 1852), was chief minister to Naser al-Din Shah Qajar for the first three years of his reign. He is widely considered to be "Iran's first reformer", a moderniser who was "unjustly struck down" as he attempted to bring "gradual reform" to Iran. Amir Kabir founded the first centre for higher education in Iran and the second Persian-language newspaper in the country. He prohibited bribery, torture of defendants and prisoners, and structured Iranian tax and financial system. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Amir Kabir is the 8,719th most popular politician (down from 8,379th in 2024), the 229th most popular biography from Iran (down from 227th in 2019) and the 124th most popular Iranian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Amir Kabir ranks 8,719 out of 19,576. Before him are Väinö Tanner, Augusta of Denmark, Sara Duterte, Charles Booth, Joyce Banda, and Vykintas. After him are Baldwin Lonsdale, Hannelore Kohl, Prince René of Bourbon-Parma, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano, and Albert Zafy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1807, Amir Kabir ranks 22. Before him are Princess Cecilia of Sweden, Alfred Vail, Princess Charlotte of Württemberg, Hermann Burmeister, Aloysius Bertrand, and Joseph E. Johnston. After him are Jónas Hallgrímsson, Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha, Napoleon Orda, Anna Russell, Adrien-François Servais, and Napoléon Henri Reber. Among people deceased in 1852, Amir Kabir ranks 30. Before him are Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland, Gotthold Eisenstein, Matthias Castrén, Mirza Shafi Vazeh, Étienne Maurice Gérard, and Salvadore Cammarano. After him are Carl Borivoj Presl, Prince Paul of Württemberg, Vincenzo Gioberti, Eugène Burnouf, Wilhelm Hisinger, and Táhirih.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Amir Kabir ranks 229 out of 631. Before him are Safi al-Din al-Urmawi (1216), Shaul Mofaz (1948), Al-Taftazani (1322), Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (854), Esmail Ghaani (1957), and Shahrokh Shah (1734). After him are Ibn al-Faqih (null), Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1919), Masawaiyh (777), Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar (1906), Asadi Tusi (999), and Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Amir Kabir ranks 124. Before him are Gotarzes II of Parthia (10), Phriapatius (-290), Shutruk-Nakhunte (-1300), Fazlollah Zahedi (1897), Shaul Mofaz (1948), and Shahrokh Shah (1734). After him are Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1919), Shapur IV (null), Phraates I (-190), Shams Pahlavi (1917), Orodes I of Parthia (-190), and Mohammad Beheshti (1928).

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