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Ayub Khan

1857 - 1914

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Ghazi Mohammad Ayub Khan (Pashto: غازي محمد ايوب خان ; Dari: غازی محمد ایوب خان) (1857 – 7 April 1914) also known as the Victor of Maiwand or the Afghan Prince Charlie was, for a while, the governor of Herat Province in the Emirate of Afghanistan. He was briefly the Emir of Afghanistan, from 12 October 1879 to 31 May 1880. He also led the Afghan troops during the Second Anglo-Afghan War and defeated the British Indian Army at the Battle of Maiwand. Following his defeat at the Battle of Kandahar, Ayub Khan was deposed and exiled to British India. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ayub Khan is the 7,597th most popular politician (up from 12,850th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 99th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ayub Khan ranks 7,597 out of 19,576. Before him are Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić, Manea Mănescu, Bretislav II, Margaret of Nevers, Emilio Colombo, and Gangjong of Goryeo. After him are Lupus II of Gascony, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Nicholas Aylward Vigors, Hatuey, Willy Claes, and Princess Charlotte of Württemberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Ayub Khan ranks 57. Before him are Cyril Genik, Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden, Le Pétomane, Juan Vicente Gómez, Jacques de Morgan, and Luigi Illica. After him are Émile Coué, Hermann Sudermann, Alfred Loisy, Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg, Herman Bang, and Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje. Among people deceased in 1914, Ayub Khan ranks 44. Before him are Johann Wilhelm Hittorf, Jurji Zaydan, George William Hill, Julio Argentino Roca, Empress Shōken, and Albéric Magnard. After him are Giuseppe Mercalli, Kitty Lange Kielland, Ödön Lechner, Paul Héroult, Theodore Gill, and Ivan Zajc.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Ayub Khan ranks 68 out of 177. Before him are Saman Khuda (701), Abu Zayd al-Balkhi (850), Ibn Hibban (883), Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza (1422), Zaman Shah Durrani (1770), and Inayatullah Khan (1888). After him are Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968), Sanai (1080), Al-Sijzi (945), Diodotus II (-252), Kujula Kadphises (20), and Jalaluddin Haqqani (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Ayub Khan ranks 48. Before him are Menander I (-190), Bairam Khan (1501), Saman Khuda (701), Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza (1422), Zaman Shah Durrani (1770), and Inayatullah Khan (1888). After him are Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968), Diodotus II (-252), Kujula Kadphises (20), Akhtar Mansour (1968), Diodotus I (-285), and Ismail Khan (1946).

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