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Mohammad Yaqub Khan

1849 - 1923

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Mohammad Yaqub Khan (Pashto/Dari: محمد يعقوب خان; 1849 – November 15, 1923) was Emir of Afghanistan from February 21 to October 12, 1879. He was a Pashtun and the son of the previous ruler, Sher Ali Khan. Mohammad Yaqub Khan was appointed as the governor of Herat province in 1863. In 1870, he decided to rebel against his father but failed and was imprisoned in 1874. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mohammad Yaqub Khan is the 11,279th most popular politician (down from 10,588th in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 83rd in 2019) and the 68th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mohammad Yaqub Khan ranks 11,279 out of 19,576. Before him are József Eötvös, Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, Lori Lightfoot, Anne of Bohemia, Lawrence Gonzi, and Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. After him are Bolesław II the Horned, Sigmar Gabriel, Hàm Nghi, Argaeus II of Macedon, Junius Rusticus, and Tippu Tip.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Mohammad Yaqub Khan ranks 62. Before him are Richard Lydekker, Fritz Mauthner, Agenor Maria Gołuchowski, Jean Richepin, Emile Claus, and Edmund Barton. After him are Olena Pchilka, Albert Heim, Hugo von Seeliger, Ida Straus, William Ernest Henley, and Johan Kjeldahl. Among people deceased in 1923, Mohammad Yaqub Khan ranks 64. Before him are Damat Ferid Pasha, Ernst Otto Beckmann, Alfred Edwards, Sayed Darwish, Joe Roberts, and Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ. After him are Armen Garo, George Clement Perkins, Stojan Protić, Ernst Ziller, Walther Kadow, and Princess Marie of Battenberg.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Mohammad Yaqub Khan ranks 98 out of 177. Before him are Agathokleia (-200), Humaira Begum (1918), Abdul Ali Mazari (1946), Ashraf Hotak (1700), Mawdud of Ghazni (1012), and Mahmud Tarzi (1865). After him are Ibrahim al-Nazzam (760), Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad (1139), Rabia Balkhi (1000), Suhail Shaheen (null), Mohammed Fahim (1957), and Afghan Girl (1972).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Mohammad Yaqub Khan ranks 68. Before him are Demetrius I of Bactria (-300), Agathokleia (-200), Abdul Ali Mazari (1946), Ashraf Hotak (1700), Mawdud of Ghazni (1012), and Mahmud Tarzi (1865). After him are Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad (1139), Suhail Shaheen (null), Mohammed Fahim (1957), Qabus (1000), Abdul Kabir (1958), and Mohammad Afzal Khan (1811).

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