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Mahmud Tarzi

1865 - 1933

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Mahmud Tarzi (Pashto: محمود طرزۍ, Dari: محمود بیگ طرزی; August 23, 1865 – November 22, 1933) was an Afghan politician and intellectual. He is known as the father of Afghan journalism. He became a key figure in the history of Afghanistan, following the lead of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Turkey by working for modernization and secularization, and strongly opposing religious extremism and obscurantism. Tarzi emulated the Young Turks coalition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mahmud Tarzi is the 11,251st most popular politician (up from 12,237th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 93rd in 2019) and the 67th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mahmud Tarzi ranks 11,251 out of 19,576. Before him are Koca Yusuf Pasha, Kyuichi Tokuda, Lagus, Mostafa Chamran, Robert Blum, and Automedon. After him are William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, Nabil Elaraby, Imad al-Dawla, Oshin, King of Armenia, Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans, and Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Mahmud Tarzi ranks 100. Before him are Max Heindel, Wilson Bentley, Josef Fischer, Heinrich Rubens, Tan Sitong, and Emma Eckstein. After him are Lily Braun, Maciej Sulkiewicz, Eduard Vilde, Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia, Lubor Niederle, and Bernard Berenson. Among people deceased in 1933, Mahmud Tarzi ranks 69. Before him are Albert Apponyi, Takiji Kobayashi, Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro, and Prince Alfons of Bavaria. After him are Georges Leygues, Eduard Vilde, John Henry Mackay, Henry Watson Fowler, Anastasia Golovina, and Gustaf Cederström.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Mahmud Tarzi ranks 97 out of 177. Before him are Demetrius I of Bactria (-300), Agathokleia (-200), Humaira Begum (1918), Abdul Ali Mazari (1946), Ashraf Hotak (1700), and Mawdud of Ghazni (1012). After him are Mohammad Yaqub Khan (1849), Ibrahim al-Nazzam (760), Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad (1139), Rabia Balkhi (1000), Suhail Shaheen (null), and Mohammed Fahim (1957).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Mahmud Tarzi ranks 67. Before him are Eucratides I (-170), Demetrius I of Bactria (-300), Agathokleia (-200), Abdul Ali Mazari (1946), Ashraf Hotak (1700), and Mawdud of Ghazni (1012). After him are Mohammad Yaqub Khan (1849), Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad (1139), Suhail Shaheen (null), Mohammed Fahim (1957), Qabus (1000), and Abdul Kabir (1958).

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