# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ahmed-jan-thirakwa
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:40:18.576Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ahmed-jan-thirakwa"
name: "Ahmed Jan Thirakwa"
slug: "ahmed-jan-thirakwa"
description: "Ustad Ahmed Jan Khan \"Thirakwa\" was an Indian tabla player, commonly considered the pre-eminent soloist among tabla players of the 20th century, and among the most influential percussionists in the history of Indian Classical Music."
tagline: "Indian musician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ef/Thirakwa.jpeg"
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: "1892"
deathDate: "1976-01-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.948669333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "اهميد چان ثيراكوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ahmed Jan Thirakwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Jan_Thirakwa"
    title: "Ahmed Jan Thirakwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Jan_Thirakwa"
    title: "Ahmed Jan Thirakwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "अहमद जान थिरकवा खान"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE"
    title: "अहमदजान तिरखवा"
    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%BE%E0%A8%A8_%E0%A8%A5%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BE"
    title: "ਅਹਿਮਦ ਜਾਨ ਥਿਰਕਵਾ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%B9%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%96%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE"
    title: "అహ్మద్ జాన్ తిరఖ్వా"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c2256af7-c46a-49fe-9014-06285840a711"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q401336"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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