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Jaʻfar ibn Yahya

767 - 803

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Jaʽfar ibn Yahya Barmaki or Jafar al-Barmaki (Persian: جعفر بن یحیی برمکی, Arabic: جعفر بن يحيى, Jaʽfar bin yaḥyā) (767–803), also called Aba-Fadl, was a Persian vizier of the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid, succeeding his father (Yahya ibn Khalid) in that position. He was a member of the influential Barmakid family, formerly Buddhist leaders of the Nava Vihara monastery. He was executed in 803 at the orders of Harun al-Rashid. He had a reputation as a patron of the sciences, and did much to introduce Indian science into Baghdad. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jaʻfar ibn Yahya is the 4,834th most popular politician (up from 7,868th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Turkmenistan (up from 21st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Turkmen Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jaʻfar ibn Yahya ranks 4,834 out of 19,576. Before him are Franz Mehring, Xin Zhui, François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville, L'Inconnue de la Seine, Emperor Ankan, and Pedro Sánchez. After him are Geert Wilders, Daniel Burley Woolfall, Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Karl von Habsburg, Alexander Stubb, and Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 767, Jaʻfar ibn Yahya ranks 2. Before him is Al-Shafi‘i. After him is Saichō. Among people deceased in 803, Jaʻfar ibn Yahya ranks 2. Before him is Irene of Athens. After him are Kardam of Bulgaria, and Anselm, Duke of Friuli.

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In Turkmenistan

Among people born in Turkmenistan, Jaʻfar ibn Yahya ranks 14 out of 50. Before him are Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur (1603), Chaghri Beg (989), Al-Zamakhshari (1075), Al-Muqanna (800), Yelena Bonner (1923), and Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak (736). After him are Sufyan al-Thawri (716), Mithridates II of Parthia (-150), Al-Shahrastani (1086), Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi (770), Najm al-Din Kubra (1145), and Safdar Jang (1708).

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Among POLITICIANS In Turkmenistan

Among politicians born in Turkmenistan, Jaʻfar ibn Yahya ranks 6. Before him are Saparmurat Niyazov (1940), Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu (1199), Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (1957), Chaghri Beg (989), and Al-Muqanna (800). After him are Mithridates II of Parthia (-150), Safdar Jang (1708), Andronikos I of Trebizond (1101), Serdar Berdimuhamedow (1981), Yahya ibn Khalid (701), and Dmitri Shepilov (1905).

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