# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jak-sayabalyan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:29:06.174Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jak-sayabalyan"
name: "Jak Sayabalyan"
slug: "jak-sayabalyan"
description: "Jacques or Jack Sayabalian (Paylag) (Armenian: Ժագ Սայապալեան (Փայլակ); June 1880 – 1915) was an Armenian writer and poet who was also an interpreter for the British Consul in Konya between 1904 and 1909, then vice-consul for a year and a half. He was also a member of the Armenian National Assembly representing his birthplace of Konya. After 1909, he became a journalist in Constantinople. During the Armenian genocide, Sayabalian was deported to Ankara and then killed."
tagline: "Armenian writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jaksayabalian.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1888"
deathDate: "1915"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.56
  momentum:             6.521739130434782
  historical:           7.869798666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jak_Sayabalyan"
    title: "Jak Sayabalyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jak_Sayabalyan"
    title: "Jak Sayabalyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Sayabalian"
    title: "Jacques Sayabalian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Sayabalian"
    title: "Jacques Sayabalian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Sayabalian"
    title: "Jacques Sayabalian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%98%D8%A7%DA%A9_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ژاک سایابالیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BA%D5%A1%D5%AF_%D5%8D%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Ժակ Սայաբալյան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BA%D5%A1%D5%A3_%D5%8D%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Ժագ Սայապալեան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Sayabalian"
    title: "Jacques Sayabalian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15429208"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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