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Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī

1837 - 1897

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Sayyid Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī (Pashto/Persian: سید جمال‌‌‌الدین افغانی), also known as Jamāl ad-Dīn Asadābādī (Persian: سید جمال‌‌‌الدین اسد‌آبادی) and commonly known as Al-Afghani (1838/1839 – 9 March 1897), was an Afghan political activist and Islamic ideologist who travelled throughout the Muslim world during the late 19th century. He is one of the founders of Islamic Modernism as well as an advocate of Pan-Islamic unity in India against the British. He has been described as having been less interested in minor differences in Islamic jurisprudence than he was in organizing a united response to Western pressure. He is also known for his involvement with his follower Mirza Reza Kermani in the successful plot to assassinate Shah Naser-al-Din, whom Afghani considered to be making too many concessions to foreign powers, especially the British Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī is the 53rd most popular social activist (down from 44th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Afghan Social Activist.

Jamāl al-dīn al-afghānī is most famous for being the founder of the Islamic State of Afghanistan.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī ranks 53 out of 840. Before him are Thomas Müntzer, Sophie Scholl, Emma Goldman, Emmeline Pankhurst, Sakamoto Ryōma, and Pheidippides. After him are Hassan al-Banna, Harriet Tubman, Witold Pilecki, Yemelyan Pugachev, Frantz Fanon, and Dominique Pire.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī ranks 10. Before him are Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Grover Cleveland, Fredrik Bajer, Wild Bill Hickok, Mily Balakirev, and J. P. Morgan. After him are Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Yohannes IV, Cosima Wagner, Pedro V of Portugal, Adam Opel, and Édouard Stephan. Among people deceased in 1897, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī ranks 8. Before him are Thérèse of Lisieux, Alphonse Daudet, Karl Weierstrass, Jiroemon Kimura, Edward Drinker Cope, and Jacob Burckhardt. After him are Savitribai Phule, Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, Albert Marth, Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, James Joseph Sylvester, and Salomon August Andrée.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī ranks 22 out of 177. Before him are Dost Mohammad Khan (1793), Abu Dawood (817), Muhammad of Ghor (1160), Mohammed Omar (1962), Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441), and Muhammad Shah (1702). After him are Babrak Karmal (1929), Hibatullah Akhundzada (1961), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949), Hafizullah Amin (1929), Humayun (1508), and Moinuddin Chishti (1142).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Afghanistan

Among social activists born in Afghanistan, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī ranks 1. After him are Malalai of Maiwand (1861), Meena Keshwar Kamal (1956), Zakia Zaki (1962), Aqeela Asifi (1966), Bibi Aisha (1991), Jamila Afghani (1976), Sonita Alizadeh (1996), and Aziza Siddiqui (1983).

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