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Isma'il ibn Ahmad

849 - 907

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Abū Ibrāhīm Ismā'īl ibn-i Aḥmad-i Sāmāni (Persian: ابو ابراهیم اسماعیل بن احمد سامانی; May 849 – 24 November 907), better known simply as Amir Ismail-i Samani (اسماعیل سامانی), and also known as Isma'il ibn-i Ahmad (اسماعیل بن احمد), was the Samanid amir of Transoxiana (892–907) and Khorasan (900–907). His reign saw the emergence of the Samanids as a powerful force. He was the son of Ahmad ibn-i Asad and a descendant of Saman Khuda, the eponymous ancestor of the Samanid dynasty who renounced Zoroastrianism and embraced Islam. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isma'il ibn Ahmad is the 2,267th most popular politician (down from 2,166th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Uzbekistan and the 5th most popular Uzbekistani Politician.

Isma'il ibn Ahmad is most famous for being the founder of the Safavid dynasty, which ruled Iran from 1501 to 1722.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Isma'il ibn Ahmad ranks 2,267 out of 19,576. Before him are Danjong of Joseon, Dorgon, Robert Ritter von Greim, Léon Bourgeois, Moinuddin Chishti, and Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia. After him are Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia, Agathocles of Syracuse, Philip V of Macedon, Hong Xiuquan, Hanno the Great, and Ivan I of Moscow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 849, Isma'il ibn Ahmad ranks 2. Before him is Alfred the Great. After him is Ashot II of Armenia. Among people deceased in 907, Isma'il ibn Ahmad ranks 3. Before him are Árpád, and Boris I of Bulgaria. After him are Herbert I, Count of Vermandois, Alan I, King of Brittany, and Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria.

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In Uzbekistan

Among people born in Uzbekistan, Isma'il ibn Ahmad ranks 12 out of 190. Before him are Islam Karimov (1938), Al-Tirmidhi (824), Shah Rukh (1377), Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (893), Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari (1327), and Shavkat Mirziyoyev (1957). After him are Alp-Tegin (963), Mohammed Alim Khan (1880), Viktor Bryukhanov (1935), Sadriddin Ayni (1878), Habibullah Khan (1872), and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani (810).

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Among POLITICIANS In Uzbekistan

Among politicians born in Uzbekistan, Isma'il ibn Ahmad ranks 5. Before him are Babur (1483), Islam Karimov (1938), Shah Rukh (1377), and Shavkat Mirziyoyev (1957). After him are Alp-Tegin (963), Mohammed Alim Khan (1880), Habibullah Khan (1872), Abdal-Latif Mirza (1420), Yaqub Beg (1820), Abdullah Khan II (1533), and Abdulla Aripov (1962).

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