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Tahmasp II

1704 - 1740

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Tahmasp II (Persian: شاه تهماسب دوم, romanized: Ṭahmāsb; 1704? – 11 February 1740) was the penultimate Safavid shah of Iran, ruling from 1722 to 1732. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tahmasp II is the 3,550th most popular politician (down from 3,286th in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Iran (up from 127th in 2019) and the 69th most popular Iranian Politician.

Tahmasp II was the last Safavid ruler. He is most famous for the conversion of his empire to Shiism.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tahmasp II ranks 3,550 out of 19,576. Before him are Leonidas II, John George I, Elector of Saxony, Ivan Ribar, Archduke Ernest of Austria, Najm ad-Din Ayyub, and Bardiya. After him are Muhammad I Tapar, Michelle Obama, Mohammed Waheed Hassan, Yuri of Goguryeo, Heshen, and Philibert II, Duke of Savoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1704, Tahmasp II ranks 3. Before him are Gabriel Cramer, and Maurice Quentin de La Tour. After him are Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden, Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken, Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont, Carl Heinrich Graun, John Kay, Hans Hermann von Katte, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, Johann Andreas Segner, and Louis de Jaucourt. Among people deceased in 1740, Tahmasp II ranks 7. Before him are Pope Clement XII, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick William I of Prussia, Anna of Russia, Maria Anna of Neuburg, and Baji Rao I. After him are Abbas III, Antonio Lotti, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, Jan Kupecký, and Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Tahmasp II ranks 118 out of 631. Before him are Qasem Soleimani (1957), Ibn al-Muqaffa' (724), Abolhassan Banisadr (1933), Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (1872), Ebrahim Raisi (1960), and Bardiya (-580). After him are Muhammad I Tapar (1082), Sibawayh (760), Abbas III (1732), Ata-Malik Juvayni (1226), Abu Hanifa Dinawari (815), and Jahan Shah (1397).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Tahmasp II ranks 69. Before him are Demetrius II Nicator (-161), Yazdegerd II (500), Abolhassan Banisadr (1933), Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (1872), Ebrahim Raisi (1960), and Bardiya (-580). After him are Muhammad I Tapar (1082), Abbas III (1732), Ata-Malik Juvayni (1226), Jahan Shah (1397), Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1933), and Arsaces I of Parthia (-280).

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