# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ali-sami-shirazi
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:16:15.248Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ali-sami-shirazi"
name: "Ali Sami Shirazi"
slug: "ali-sami-shirazi"
description: "Ali Sami Shirazi (1910–1989) was an Iranian teacher, archaeologist, and author in Iran. He was director of the Scientific Bureau of Persepolis from 1941 until 1961. He led excavations at Persepolis for several seasons. He also conducted excavations at Pasagardae. He authored guidebooks on Shiraz and Persepolis."
tagline: "Iranian archaeologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ali_Sami_Shirazi_(late_1970s).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1910"
deathDate: "1989-08-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.38
  momentum:             3.294797687861271
  historical:           4.80828
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "علي سامي الشيرازي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "على سامى الشيرازى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%C4%AB_S%C4%81m%C4%AB_%C5%A0%C4%ABr%C4%81z%C4%AB"
    title: "Alī Sāmī Šīrāzī"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Sami_Shirazi"
    title: "Ali Sami Shirazi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C"
    title: "علی سامی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5944281"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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