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Gurak

650 - 738

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Gurak or Ghurak (Chinese: 乌勒伽; pinyin: wūlèjiā) was a medieval Sogdian ruler in Central Asia during the period of the Muslim conquest of Transoxiana. In 710, he was installed as king (Sogdian: ikhshid) of Samarkand after the populace overthrew his predecessor, Tarkhun, due to his pro-Muslim stance. The Umayyad governor, Qutayba ibn Muslim, campaigned against Samarkand but in the end confirmed Gurak as its ruler. Gurak was a cautious and intelligent ruler, and managed, through shifting alliance between the Muslims and the Turgesh, to remain on his throne. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gurak is the 10,970th most popular politician (down from 10,374th in 2019). (down from 2,280th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Gurak ranks 10,970 out of 19,576. Before him are Eloy Alfaro, Harriet Lane, José Miguel Gómez, Muwatalli I, Ashraf Hotak, and Albert IV, Duke of Mecklenburg. After him are Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgenti, Firmus, José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones, Abdyl Frashëri, István Friedrich, and Appius Claudius Pulcher.

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Among people born in 650, Gurak ranks 19. Before him are Ebroin, Muslim ibn Aqil, Bojang of Goguryeo, Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr, Abdullah ibn Ja'far, and Lupus I of Aquitaine. After him are Jarir ibn Atiyah, Felix of Aquitaine, Wang Bo, Wulfhere of Mercia, John of Nikiû, and Radoald of Benevento. Among people deceased in 738, Gurak ranks 3. Before him are Wahb ibn Munabbih, and Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik. After him is Swæfberht of Essex.

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