# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbad
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:44:50.530Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbad"
name: "Barbad"
slug: "barbad"
description: "Barbad was a Persian musician-poet, music theorist and composer of Sasanian music. He served as chief minstrel-poet under the Shahanshah Khosrow II. A barbat player, he was the most distinguished Persian musician of his time and is regarded among the major figures in the history of Persian music."
tagline: "Persian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BarbadPahlbod.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "600"
deathDate: "628"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.21
  momentum:             10.01086491476953
  historical:           12.051552
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borbad"
    title: "Borbad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C9%99rb%C9%99d_M%C9%99rv%C9%99zi"
    title: "Bərbəd Mərvəzi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B7%D1%96"
    title: "Барбад Мервезі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C4%81rbad"
    title: "Bārbad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbad"
    title: "Barbad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbad"
    title: "Barbad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%AF"
    title: "باربد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbad"
    title: "Barbad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbad"
    title: "Barbad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbad"
    title: "Barbad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8"
    title: "Барбад Мервези"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbad"
    title: "Barbad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B4"
    title: "Борбад"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B7%D1%96"
    title: "Барбад Мервезі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q970487"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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