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Soraya Tarzi

1899 - 1968

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Soraya Tarzi (Pashto/Dari: ثريا طرزی) (24 November 1899 – 20 April 1968) was Queen of Afghanistan as the wife of King Amanullah Khan. As Queen, she became one of the most influential women in the world at the time. She played a major part in the modernization reforms of Amanullah Khan, particularly regarding the emancipation of women. Owing to the reforms King Amanullah instituted, the country's religious sects grew violent. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Soraya Tarzi is the 7,661st most popular politician (up from 8,562nd in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from Syria (down from 101st in 2019) and the 56th most popular Syrian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Soraya Tarzi ranks 7,661 out of 19,576. Before her are Macky Sall, Lin Sen, Irina Rodnina, Ali Zeidan, Ingenuus, and Prince Charles of Luxembourg. After her are Gunnor, Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony, Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal, Mawiyya, and Alexander Lebed.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Soraya Tarzi ranks 89. Before her are Lotte Reiniger, Veit Harlan, Adam Rainer, Nikolay Voronov, Pancho Vladigerov, and Michał Kalecki. After her are Hans Swarowsky, Gustaf Gründgens, Andrija Artuković, Richard Hauptmann, Nicolas Frantz, and Irving Thalberg. Among people deceased in 1968, Soraya Tarzi ranks 69. Before her are Upton Sinclair, Giovannino Guareschi, Hans F. K. Günther, Nikolay Voronov, Jo Schlesser, and Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen. After her are Fedor Tokarev, Jean Paulhan, Paul Radmilovic, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Cassandre, and Tivadar Soros.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Soraya Tarzi ranks 107 out of 210. Before her are Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan (1934), Vaballathus (266), Ignatius IV of Antioch (1920), John X of Antioch (1955), Eulogius of Alexandria (501), and Muhammad Naji al-Otari (1944). After her are Dawoud Rajiha (1947), Alciphron (200), Evagrius Scholasticus (536), Ibn Asakir (1105), John Moschus (550), and Gregory III Laham (1933).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Soraya Tarzi ranks 56. Before her are Husni al-Za'im (1897), Bushra al-Assad (1960), Hussein Arnous (1953), Sergius I of Constantinople (565), Vaballathus (266), and Muhammad Naji al-Otari (1944). After her are Dawoud Rajiha (1947), Tiridates II of Parthia (-100), Walid Muallem (1941), Salih Muslim (1951), Mithridates I Callinicus (-200), and Gaius Julius Priscus (250).

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