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Ashraf Hotak

1700 - 1730

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Shah Ashraf Hotak (Pashto/Persian: شاه اشرف هوتک; died 1730), also known as Shah Ashraf Ghilji or Ghilzay (شاه اشرف غلجي), was an Afghan ruler who reigned as Shah of Iran from 1725 to 1729. He was a member of the Hotak tribe of the Ghilji Pashtuns, who revolted against the declining Safavid dynasty of Iran and conquered the capital Isfahan in 1722. He was the son of Abdul Aziz Hotak and a nephew of Mirwais Hotak. He served as a commander in the army of his cousin Mahmud Hotak during the revolt against the Safavids. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ashraf Hotak is the 10,968th most popular politician (down from 8,291st in 2019), the 95th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 64th in 2019) and the 65th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ashraf Hotak ranks 10,968 out of 19,576. Before him are Obelerio degli Antenori, Aznar Galíndez II, Eloy Alfaro, Harriet Lane, José Miguel Gómez, and Muwatalli I. After him are Albert IV, Duke of Mecklenburg, Gurak, Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgenti, Firmus, José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones, and Abdyl Frashëri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1700, Ashraf Hotak ranks 26. Before him are Charles-Joseph Natoire, Picander, Stanisław Konarski, Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Michel Blavet, and John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach. After him are Sabah I bin Jaber, Teimuraz II of Kakheti, Semyon Chelyuskin, Pietro Bracci, Khariton Laptev, and Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau. Among people deceased in 1730, Ashraf Hotak ranks 17. Before him are Hans Hermann von Katte, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate, Patrona Halil, and Arabella Churchill. After him are Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Luca Carlevarijs, François de Troy, Sophia Elisabet Brenner, and Hussain Hotak.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Ashraf Hotak ranks 95 out of 177. Before him are Abdul Ahad Mohmand (1959), Unsuri (980), Demetrius I of Bactria (-300), Agathokleia (-200), Humaira Begum (1918), and Abdul Ali Mazari (1946). After him are Mawdud of Ghazni (1012), Mahmud Tarzi (1865), Mohammad Yaqub Khan (1849), Ibrahim al-Nazzam (760), Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad (1139), and Rabia Balkhi (1000).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Ashraf Hotak ranks 65. Before him are Abdul Qadir (1944), Suhaila Siddiq (1938), Eucratides I (-170), Demetrius I of Bactria (-300), Agathokleia (-200), and Abdul Ali Mazari (1946). After him are Mawdud of Ghazni (1012), Mahmud Tarzi (1865), Mohammad Yaqub Khan (1849), Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad (1139), Suhail Shaheen (null), and Mohammed Fahim (1957).

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