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Ardashir I

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Ardashir I (Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭥𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭥, romanized: Arda(x)šēr), also known as Ardashir the Unifier (180–242 AD), was the founder of the Sasanian Empire, the last empire of ancient Iran. He was also Ardashir V of the Kings of Persis, until he founded the new empire. After defeating the last Parthian shahanshah Artabanus IV on the Hormozdgan plain in 224, he overthrew the Arsacid dynasty and established the Sasanian dynasty. Afterwards, Ardashir called himself shahanshah and began conquering the land that he called Eranshahr, the realm of the Iranians. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ardashir I is the 955th most popular politician (down from 818th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Iran (up from 45th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Iranian Politician.

Ardashir I is most famous for founding the Sasanian Empire, which was one of the most powerful empires in the world at the time.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ardashir I ranks 955 out of 19,576. Before him are Kliment Voroshilov, Elena Ceaușescu, Jerry Brown, Alexis of Russia, Albert II of Germany, and Louis, Duke of Burgundy. After him are Wojciech Jaruzelski, Calvin Coolidge, Æthelberht, King of Wessex, Ptolemy XII Auletes, Vladislaus II of Hungary, and Anwar Ibrahim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 180, Ardashir I ranks 2. Before him is Diogenes Laërtius. After him are Pope Callixtus I, Pope Anterus, Julia Soaemias, Julia Avita Mamaea, Eugenia of Rome, and Pope Heraclas of Alexandria. Among people deceased in 242, Ardashir I ranks 1. After him is Ammonius Saccas.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ardashir I ranks 41 out of 631. Before him are Jami (1414), Darius II (-475), Salman the Persian (568), Shirin Ebadi (1947), Antiochus III the Great (-241), and Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247). After him are Shapur I (150), Farah Pahlavi (1938), Shams Tabrizi (1185), Hassan Rouhani (1948), Doris Lessing (1919), and Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (903).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Ardashir I ranks 17. Before him are Khosrow I (501), Nader Shah (1688), Nizam al-Mulk (1018), Darius II (-475), Antiochus III the Great (-241), and Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247). After him are Shapur I (150), Farah Pahlavi (1938), Hassan Rouhani (1948), Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882), Reza Shah (1878), and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956).

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