# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ali-merdan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:37:44.631Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ali-merdan"
name: "Ali Merdan"
slug: "ali-merdan"
description: "Ali Merdan was an Iraqi musician of Kurdish descent who was born in Kirkuk. He widely regarded as the man who revolutionized the maqam. Ali Mardan launched the Kurdish Radio Station in 1939 in Baghdad."
tagline: "Iraqi musician (1904–1981)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D8%B9%DB%95%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%95%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1904"
deathDate: "1981-07-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.275666666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%DB%95%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%95%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "عەلی مەردان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "علي مردان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "علی مردان (شارکیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%C3%AE_Merdan"
    title: "Elî Merdan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Merdan"
    title: "Ali Merdan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "علی مردان (خواننده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4115452"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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