# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/iqbal-bano
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:02:38.232Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/iqbal-bano"
name: "Iqbal Bano"
slug: "iqbal-bano"
description: "Iqbal Bano was a Pakistani singer who specialized in ghazal. She is popularly known by her honorific title Malika-e-Ghazal (The Queen of Ghazal) in both Pakistan and India. She was known for her semi-classical Urdu ghazal songs and classical thumris, but also sang easy-listening numbers in films in the 1950s. In 1974, she became the recipient of the Pride of Performance award."
tagline: "Pakistani singer (1928-2009)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/23/Iqbal_Bano_Pakistani_Singer.jpg/330px-Iqbal_Bano_Pakistani_Singer.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1928-08-27"
deathDate: "2009-04-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.99
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.90435866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Iqbal.Bano.Official"
    handle:    "Iqbal.Bano.Official"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1531060/"
    handle:    "nm1531060"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "اقبال بانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iqbal_Bano"
    title: "Iqbal Bano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "اقبال بانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8B"
    title: "इक़बाल बानो"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iqbal_Bano"
    title: "Iqbal Bano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%ED%81%AC%EB%B0%9C_%EB%B0%94%EB%85%B8"
    title: "이크발 바노"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%87%E0%B4%96%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%81"
    title: "ഇഖ്ബാൽ ബാനു"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Iqbal Bano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2_%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%8B"
    title: "ਇਕਬਾਲ ਬਾਨੋ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "اقبال بانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Бано, Икбаль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "اقبال بانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ఇక్బాల్ బానో"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%BA%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE"
    title: "Ікбал Бано"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "اقبال بانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f4c0a35e-184d-4277-94a4-d6838eb82290"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6065762"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2281871"
    title: "Iqbal Bano"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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