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Sultan Husayn Bayqara

1438 - 1506

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Sultan Husayn Bayqara Mirza (Persian: سلطان حسین بایقرا Husayn Bāyqarā; June/July 1438 – 4 May 1506) was the Timurid ruler of Herat from 1469 until May 4, 1506, with a brief interruption in 1470. A skilled statesman, Sultan Husayn Bayqara was best known for his interest in the arts and was renowned as a benefactor and patron of learning in his kingdom, with his reign being heralded as the second Timurid Renaissance. He has been described as "the quintessential Timurid ruler of the later period in Transoxiana" and his sophisticated court and generous artistic patronage was a source of admiration, particularly from his cousin, the Mughal emperor Babur. Sultan Husayn Bayqara was the last Timurid ruler of consequence in Khorasan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sultan Husayn Bayqara is the 4,042nd most popular politician (down from 3,026th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 27th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Afghan Politician.

Sultan Husayn Bayqara is most famous for being the sultan of the Timurid Empire from 1447 to 1457. He is also known for his military prowess and as a patron of the arts.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sultan Husayn Bayqara ranks 4,042 out of 19,576. Before him are Violet Jessop, Hilderic, Alaungpaya, Netjerkare Siptah, Yusef of Morocco, and Tassos Papadopoulos. After him are Al-Ashraf Khalil, Georges Ernest Boulanger, Mentuhotep IV, Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria, Gülçiçek Hatun, and Guy, Count of Flanders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1438, Sultan Husayn Bayqara ranks 4. Before him are Radu cel Frumos, Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia, and Philip II, Duke of Savoy. After him are Melozzo da Forlì, Edmund Beaufort, Peter II, Duke of Bourbon, Despina Khatun, James II of Cyprus, and Margaret of Bourbon. Among people deceased in 1506, Sultan Husayn Bayqara ranks 8. Before him are Philip I of Castile, Andrea Mantegna, Yeonsangun of Joseon, Anne of Foix-Candale, Alexander Jagiellon, and Sesshū Tōyō. After him are Alexander Agricola, Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu, Sancha of Aragon, João I of Kongo, and Robert Henryson.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Sultan Husayn Bayqara ranks 34 out of 177. Before him are Moinuddin Chishti (1142), Abu Maʿshar (787), Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād (1450), Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917), Ibrahim ibn Adham (718), and Abdur Rahman Khan (1844). After him are Shah Shujah Durrani (1785), Khalil Sultan (1384), Heracles of Macedon (-327), Khaled Hosseini (1965), Habibullāh Kalakāni (1890), and Ibn al-Rawandi (827).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Sultan Husayn Bayqara ranks 25. Before him are Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949), Hafizullah Amin (1929), Humayun (1508), Moinuddin Chishti (1142), Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917), and Abdur Rahman Khan (1844). After him are Shah Shujah Durrani (1785), Khalil Sultan (1384), Heracles of Macedon (-327), Habibullāh Kalakāni (1890), Jalal-ud-din Khalji (1220), and Wazir Akbar Khan (1816).

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