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Also Known As Pāpak
Died 838

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Amoghavajra
Buddhist monk
al- Fadl ibn Yahya
Abbasid vizier
Jaʿfar ibn Yaḥyā
Barmakid administrator
Khālid ibn Barmak
ʿAbbāsid noble
Yaḥyā ibn Khalid
ʿAbbāsid vizier
Ebrahim Raisi
Ebrahim Raisi
Iranian cleric, prosecutor, and politician
Ali Khamenei
Ali Khamenei
rahbar of Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
president of Iran
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
Iranian politician
Hassan Rouhani
Hassan Rouhani
president of Iran
Masoud Pezeshkian
Masoud Pezeshkian
president of Iran
Saeed Jalili
Saeed Jalili
Iranian politician
Mir Hossein Mousavi
prime minister of Iran
Narges Mohammadi
Narges Mohammadi
Iranian human rights activist
Ahura Mazdā
Zarathushtra
Iranian prophet
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini
Iranian religious leader
Hashemi Rafsanjani
president of Iran
Abbas Kiarostami
Iranian filmmaker
Mojtaba Khamenei
Mojtaba Khamenei
Iranian cleric and political figure
Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi
Iranian director