Famous Kings - page 9

The Most Famous Kings
Name	Birthday	Nationality	Bio
Sundiata Keita	August 20, 1217	Central African	Sundiata Keita was the founder of the Mali Empire in West Africa
Ashoka	304 BC	Indian	Ashoka was the third emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty and ruled almost the entire Indian subcontinent
Murad IV	July 26, 1612	Turkish	Murad IV was one of the mighty Sultans in the history of the Ottoman Empire
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia	August 1, 1924	Saudi Arabian	Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was the King of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2015 and the third wealthiest head of state in the world
Xerxes I	519 BC	Iranian	Xerxes I (Xerxes the Great) was the fourth and the most famous king of the Archaemenid dynasty of Persia
Sargon of Akkad	2340 BC	Iraqi	Sargon of Akkad, also called ‘Sargon the Great’, ‘Sarru-Kan’ and ‘Shar-Gani-Sharri’, was the founder and first king of the Akkadian Empire
Gia Long	February 8, 1762	Vietnamese	Gia Long was the first emperor of the Nguyen dynasty as well as the founding father of the modern nation of Vietnam
Flavius Odoacer	435	Ancient Roman	Flavius Odoacer was a soldier who went on to become the King of Italy
Suleiman The Magnificent	November 6, 1494	Turkish	Suleiman I, commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent, was the tenth and longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Bindusara	320 BC	Indian	Bindusara was the second Mauryan Emperor of India who ruled from c

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