# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jalil-zaland
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:34:42.318Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jalil-zaland"
name: "Jalil Zaland"
slug: "jalil-zaland"
description: "Jalil Zaland was a veteran singer and composer of Afghanistan's golden music era. Zaland was one of the biggest music stars of Afghanistan, earning the honorific Ustad and was therefore best known as Ustad Zaland. As a Persian speaker, his classic melodies were also highly acclaimed in Iran and Tajikistan."
tagline: "Afghan singer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1935"
deathDate: "2009-04-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.45
  momentum:             10.94240837696335
  historical:           6.626136
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4172854"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "چاليل زالاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%B2%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "جلیل زلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalil_Zaland"
    title: "Jalil Zaland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalil_Zaland"
    title: "Jalil Zaland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%B2%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "جلیل زلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84_%DA%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "جليل ځلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/607f3b8d-d5cf-4705-98bf-32b3fac80f2c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380167"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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