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| name = Siah Khan |
| name = Siah Khan |
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| caption = Siah Khan 1937 |
| caption = Siah Khan 1937 |
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| birth_date = 1913 |
| birth_date = 1913 |
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| death_date = 1938 |
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1938|1913}} |
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| nationality = Persian |
| nationality = Persian |
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| known_for = 6th Verified Tallest Person |
| known_for = 6th Verified Tallest Person |
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Siah Khan | |
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| Born | 1913 |
| Died | 1938 (aged 24–25) |
| Nationality | Persian |
| Known for | 6th Verified Tallest Person |
| Height | 2.59 m (8 ft 6 in) |
Siah Khan Ibn Kashmir Khan was an 8 ft 6 in (259 cm) tall Persian man (the tallest recorded in Asia) with a very large and unusual body. He, who lived in the Zarqan functions of Fars province in the early 20th century in Lepui, also suffered from physical and mental retardation and proteus syndrome.[1]
Biography
Siah Khan was born in 1913 in the village of Lepui, in the Zarghan district of Fars province.
He grew normally until the age of six, but grew rapidly after that. His family migrated to Shiraz due to Siah Khan's poverty and physical problems, and earned money by displaying their large and unusual child in the streets.
At the end of September 1920, he was rented for some time by a person named Khoshorkhan for 6,000 Tomans to be exhibited in Tehran. Dr. Ghorban, the founder of the Shiraz Medical School, found him in 1931 and provided him with financial and medical support. When he was taken to the hospital, Siah Khan was hospitalized for the rest of his life and eventually died of pneumonia and sepsis in 1938. His skeletal remains are now on public display in a glass case at Shiraz’s Medical School.
Height
Siah Khan often claimed 10 ft 6 (320 cm) and 11 ft 10 (361 cm) [2] which if true would have made him easily the tallest person to ever live even dwarfing Robert Wadlows height of 8 ft 11.09 (272 cm) but Siah Khan was later measured in 1933 by his doctors at 7 ft 2.5 (220 cm) [3] and later grew to 8 ft 6 in[4] making him the most exaggerated giant ever and the tallest Persian ever. His arms measured 3 ft 10.06 in (117 cm) long and his legs measured 4 ft 1.25 in (125 cm) long and his skull weighed 0.89 st (5.7 kg) and couldn't stand due his head being too heavy for him.[5]
References
- ^ "Siah Khan - Kashmir Khan The tallest man Iran Persia". 2017-08-19. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ^ "Siah Khan - Kashmir Khan The tallest man Iran Persia". 2017-08-19. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ^ Guinness World Records 1966. p. 7.
- ^ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
- ^ Ramin (2010-02-07). "Historical Iranian sites and people: Siah Khan". Historical Iranian sites and people. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
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