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Firishta

1560 - 1620

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Firishta or Ferešte (Persian: فرشته), full name Muhammad Qasim Hindu Shah Astarabadi (Persian: محمدقاسم هندوشاہ استرابادی), was a Persian historian, who later settled in India and served the Deccan Sultans as their court historian. He was born in 1570 and died between 1611 and 1623. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Firishta is the 504th most popular historian (down from 479th in 2019), the 413th most popular biography from Iran (down from 406th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Iranian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Firishta ranks 504 out of 561. Before him are William of Newburgh, American Horse, Walter Rodney, Gregory Areshian, Mark Mazower, and William Mitchell Ramsay. After him are Richard Taruskin, N. G. L. Hammond, Jacques Barzun, Vladimir Ćorović, Christopher Lasch, and Griselda Pollock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1560, Firishta ranks 22. Before him are Heinrich Khunrath, Ernest Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Domenico Tintoretto, Jan Gruter, Felice Anerio, and Basawan.  Among people deceased in 1620, Firishta ranks 13. Before him are Louise de Coligny, Carlo Saraceni, William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Jan Sarkander, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, and Thomas Campion.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Firishta ranks 413 out of 631. Before him are Shahram Nazeri (1950), Dariush (1951), Bahman Ghobadi (1969), Sevdaliza (1987), Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani (1939), and Ali Mirzaei (1929). After him are Hadi Khosroshahi (1939), Yusuf Adil Shah (1459), Alireza Faghani (1978), Leila Hatami (1972), Eshaq Jahangiri (1958), and Andy (1958).

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Among HISTORIANS In Iran

Among historians born in Iran, Firishta ranks 7. Before him are Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (897), Ibn al-Faqih (null), Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi (1500), Ahmad Kasravi (1890), Hafiz-i Abru (null), and Ehsan Yarshater (1920).

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