# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abdul-halim-jaffer-khan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:26:03.914Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abdul-halim-jaffer-khan"
name: "Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan"
slug: "abdul-halim-jaffer-khan"
description: "Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan was an Indian sitar player. Khan received the national awards Padma Shri (1970) and Padma Bhushan (2006) and was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 1987."
tagline: "Indian sitar player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ustad_Abdul_Halim_Jaffer_Khan_01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1929"
deathDate: "2017-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.98
  momentum:             3.939736346516008
  historical:           7.543917333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  246
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2QQSSVIEbt22n6kuBmNI7Z"
    handle:    "2QQSSVIEbt22n6kuBmNI7Z"
sources:
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B9%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "அப்துல் ஹலீம் ஜாபர் கான்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%AC%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%B9%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AB%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%96%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "అబ్దుల్ హలీమ్ జాఫర్ ఖాన్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4dbc63b6-cdfb-4376-8bde-6a236b39c334"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4665379"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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