RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Sadegh Khalkhali

1926 - 2003

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Mohammed Sadeq Givi Khalkhali (Persian: محمدصادق گیوی خلخالی; 27 July 1926 – 26 November 2003) was an Iranian Shia cleric who is said to have "brought to his job as Chief Justice of the revolutionary courts a relish for summary execution" that earned him a reputation as Iran's "hanging judge". A farmer's son from Iranian Azeri origins, Khalkhali was born in Givi, Azerbaijani SSR, in the Soviet Union (now in Azerbaijan). He is also reported to have been born in Kivi, in the Khalkhal County, Iran (ergo his name). Khalkhali has been described as "a small, rotund man with a pointed beard, kindly smile, and a high-pitched giggle" by The Daily Telegraph. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sadegh Khalkhali is the 2,282nd most popular religious figure (down from 2,016th in 2019), the 302nd most popular biography from Iran and the 32nd most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Sadegh Khalkhali ranks 2,282 out of 3,187. Before him are Rino Fisichella, Jacob of Nisibis, Paul IV of Constantinople, Pope Theonas of Alexandria, George II of Constantinople, and Victor and Corona. After him are Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious, Bernhard II, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Peter Jan Beckx, David Wilkerson, Frei Galvão, and Mangsong Mangtsen.

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Among people born in 1926, Sadegh Khalkhali ranks 241. Before him are Salvador Jorge Blanco, Nikita Simonyan, Betsy Palmer, Claudio Villa, Miguel Obando y Bravo, and Ibrahim Nasir. After him are Alina Szapocznikow, Salahuddin of Selangor, Prince Dimitri Romanov, Julio Pérez, Heinz Kwiatkowski, and Richard Yates. Among people deceased in 2003, Sadegh Khalkhali ranks 162. Before him are Milton George Henschel, Albert Batteux, Noel Redding, Wilfred Thesiger, Luděk Pachman, and Ahmadou Kourouma. After him are João César Monteiro, Pierre Poujade, Kir Bulychev, Jorge Oteiza, Alexander Kemurdzhian, and Jean Yanne.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Sadegh Khalkhali ranks 302 out of 631. Before him are Lady Adela (1847), Mohammad Reza Aref (1951), Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar (935), Mohammad Ali Jafari (1957), Mohammad Javad Zarif (1960), and Behrouz Vossoughi (1938). After him are Samad Behrangi (1939), Nima Yooshij (1897), Ahmad Shamlou (1925), Subh-i-Azal (1831), Mahmoud Shabestari (1288), and Sami Yusuf (1980).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Sadegh Khalkhali ranks 32. Before him are Morteza Motahhari (1919), Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi (1627), Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi (1875), Reza Hosseini Nassab (1960), Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani (948), and Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar (935). After him are Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (1906), Suleiman II of Persia (1714), Navvab Safavi (1924), Luarsab II of Kartli (1592), Hossein Wahid Khorasani (1921), and Kazim Rashti (1793).

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