# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ahmad-zahir
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:53:08.742Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ahmad-zahir"
name: "Ahmad Zahir"
slug: "ahmad-zahir"
description: "Ahmad Zahir was an Afghan singer, songwriter and composer. Dubbed the \"Elvis of Afghanistan\", he is widely considered the all-time greatest singer of Afghanistan. The majority of his songs were in Dari followed by Pashto, with a few in Russian, Hindi and English."
tagline: "Afghan singer (1946-1979)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f4/Ahmad_%27Elvis%27_Zahir.png"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1946-06-14"
deathDate: "1979-06-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.13
  momentum:             3.047861662389145
  historical:           21.31657866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ahmadzahir.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1180753"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1"
    title: "أحمد ظاهر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "احمد ظاهر (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C6%8Fhm%C9%99d_Zahir"
    title: "Əhməd Zahir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Zahir"
    title: "Ahmad Zahir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Zahir"
    title: "Ahmad Zahir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Zahir"
    title: "Ahmad Zahir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Zaher"
    title: "Ahmad Zaher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Zahir"
    title: "Ahmad Zahir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1"
    title: "احمد ظاهر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Zahir"
    title: "Ahmad Zahir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Zahir"
    title: "Ahmad Zahir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%ED%9D%90%EB%A7%88%EB%93%9C_%EC%9E%90%ED%9E%88%EB%A5%B4"
    title: "아흐마드 자히르"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehmed_Zeh%C3%AEr"
    title: "Ehmed Zehîr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%97%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B8%D1%80"
    title: "Ахмад Зохир"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Zahir"
    title: "Ahmad Zahir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Zahir"
    title: "Ahmad Zahir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%A6_%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B0"
    title: "ਅਹਿਮਦ ਜ਼ਾਹਿਰ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%B8%D8%A7%DB%81%D8%B1"
    title: "احمد ظاہر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1"
    title: "احمد ظاهر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B8%D1%80%2C_%D0%90%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4"
    title: "Захир, Ахмад"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Zahir"
    title: "Ahmad Zahir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D2%B3%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%97%D0%BE%D2%B3%D0%B8%D1%80"
    title: "Аҳмад Зоҳир"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Zahir"
    title: "Ahmad Zahir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Zahir"
    title: "Ahmed Zahir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Zohir"
    title: "Ahmad Zohir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5a87198c-97d1-437a-ad90-a30f143cfc71"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q195522"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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