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Last August, readers of Soroush, an Iranian on-line network were asked to list five favorite pre-20th century Iranians*. Here are the results as of February 10, 1996, taken from the "Polls & Questionnaire" section of Soroush:

1- Kourosh (Cyrus the Great, king, 6th century B.C.) 163 (12.8%)
2- Hafez (14th century poet) 160 (12.6%)
3- Amir Kabir (19th century premier) 141 (11.1%)
4- Ferdowsi (10th century poet) 117 (9.2%)
5- Ibn Sina (Avicenna, 11th century scientist) 107 (8.4%)
6- Omar Khayyam (11th century poet) 89 (7.0%)
7- Mowlavi (Rumi, 13th century poet) 81 (6.3%)
8- Zardosht (Zoraster, prophet, 7th century B.C.) 80 (6.3%)
9- Sa'di (13th century poet) 79 (6.2%)
10- Dariush I (Darius, king, 6th century B.C.) 66 (5.2%)
11- Nader Shah Afshar (18th century king) 46 (3.6%)
12- Mazdak (6th century prophet) 19 (1.4%)
12-Shah Ismail Safavi (16th century king) 19 (1.4%)
13- Mani (3rd century prophet) 18 (1.4%)
14- Ardeshir II (3rd century king) 17 (1.3%)
None of the above 66 (5.2%)

Total 1,268 (100%)

*Each user ID could only vote once.


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