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Babak Khorramdin

798 - 838

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Bābak Khorramdin (Persian: بابک خرمدین, Bābak-i Khurramdīn, from Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭠𐭯𐭪𐭩, Pāpak/Pābag; 795 or 798 – January 838) was one of the main Iranian revolutionary leaders of the Iranian Khorram-Dinān ("Those of the joyous religion"), which was a local freedom movement fighting the Abbasid Caliphate. Khorramdin appears to be a compound analogous to durustdin "orthodoxy" and Behdin "Good Religion" (Zoroastrianism), and are considered an offshoot of neo-Mazdakism. Babak's Iranianizing rebellion, from its base in Azerbaijan in northwestern Iran, called for a return of the political glories of the Iranian past. The Khorramdin rebellion of Babak spread to the western and central parts of Iran and lasted more than twenty years before it was defeated when Babak was betrayed. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Babak Khorramdin is the 74th most popular social activist (down from 58th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Iran (down from 71st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iranian Social Activist.

Babak Khorramdin is most famous for leading a rebellion against the Arab invaders of Persia.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Babak Khorramdin ranks 74 out of 840. Before him are Jody Williams, Mustafa Barzani, José Rizal, Emilia Plater, Yun Chi-ho, and Horst Wessel. After him are Gunnar Sønsteby, Camilo Cienfuegos, Aleksandr Ulyanov, Anneliese Michel, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, and Martin Niemöller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 798, Babak Khorramdin ranks 1. After him is Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani. Among people deceased in 838, Babak Khorramdin ranks 1. After him are Pepin I of Aquitaine, Frederick of Utrecht, Ralpacan, Ziyadat Allah I of Ifriqiya, and Boniface II, Margrave of Tuscany.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Babak Khorramdin ranks 75 out of 631. Before him are Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani (940), Tekuder (1247), Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1149), `Abdu'l-Bahá (1844), Psamtik III (-590), and Osroes I (50). After him are The Iron Sheik (1942), Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1934), Sogdianus of Persia (-500), Bayazid Bastami (804), Jamshīd al-Kāshī (1380), and Mohammad Khatami (1943).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Iran

Among social activists born in Iran, Babak Khorramdin ranks 2. Before him are Shirin Ebadi (1947). After him are Musa al-Sadr (1928), Narges Mohammadi (1972), Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899), Mahmoud Taleghani (1911), Nasrin Sotoudeh (1963), Massoud Rajavi (1948), Mina Ahadi (1956), Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani (1967), Maryam Namazie (1966), and Zahra Eshraghi (1964).

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