# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abdul-gafur-hali
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:04:08.566Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abdul-gafur-hali"
name: "Abdul Gafur Hali"
slug: "abdul-gafur-hali"
description: "Abdul Gafur Hali was a Bangladeshi folk lyricist, composer and singer of the Maizbhandari musical tradition. He was the first folk play author to use the Chittagonian language. His works are created mainly in his native language of Chittagong. He was also known by his Sufi name, Gafur Hali Maizbhanderi."
tagline: "Bangladeshi composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abdul_Gafur_hali_pic.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1929-08-06"
deathDate: "2016-12-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.44
  momentum:             19.1304347826087
  historical:           4.871346666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Gafur_Hali"
    title: "Abdul Gafur Hali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "ابدول جافور هالى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80"
    title: "আবদুল গফুর হালী"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/db955dee-63d1-4801-923a-c727e4725029"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "عبدالغفور حالی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18639947"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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