# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/a-k-salim
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:19:58.553Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/a-k-salim"
name: "A. K. Salim"
slug: "a-k-salim"
description: "Ahmad Khatab Salim or Ahmad Kharab Salim was an American jazz composer, and arranger."
tagline: "American musician (1922–2003)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1922-07-28"
deathDate: "2003-01-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.04
  momentum:             16.40740740740741
  historical:           8.338877333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/305161"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3._%D9%83._%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85"
    title: "أ. ك. سليم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7._%D9%83%D9%89._%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85"
    title: "ا. كى. سليم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%8F._%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87._%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE"
    title: "এ. কে. সেলিম"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._K._Salim"
    title: "A. K. Salim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._K._Salim"
    title: "A. K. Salim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.K._Salim"
    title: "A.K. Salim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._K._Salim"
    title: "A. K. Salim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.K._Salim"
    title: "A.K. Salim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b0c2afce-7604-462b-bf10-c3fa11b8430a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q278853"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump