# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/azar-kayvan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:04:37.432Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/azar-kayvan"
name: "Azar Kayvan"
slug: "azar-kayvan"
description: "Āzar Kayvān was the Zoroastrian high priest of Istakhr and a gnostic philosopher, who was a native of Fars, Iran and later emigrated to Patna in the Mughal Empire during the reign of Emperor Akbar. A member of the Sepāsīān community, he became the founder of a Zoroastrian school of Ishraqiyyun or Illuminationists, which exhibited features of Sufi Muslim influence. This school became known as the Kis-e-Abadi \"Abadi sect\" or Azarkeivanian."
tagline: "Persian philosopher and priest"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1501"
deathDate: "1609"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.19
  momentum:             4.444444444444445
  historical:           7.02106
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B0%D8%B1_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "آذر کیوان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B0%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "آذر كيوان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azar_Kayvan"
    title: "Azar Kayvan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B0%D8%B1_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "آذر کیوان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B6%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3"
    title: "アーザル・カイヴァーン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azar_Caivane"
    title: "Azar Caivane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B0%D8%B1_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "آذر کیوان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Озар Кайвон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4832251"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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