# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mahbub-ali-khan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:37:06.895Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mahbub-ali-khan"
name: "Mahbub Ali Khan"
slug: "mahbub-ali-khan"
description: "Mahbub Ali Khan was a Bangladesh Navy rear admiral and the chief of naval staff from 1979 until his death in 1984. He is known for his heroic actions for his country. Under him, the South Talpatti sandbar and other emerging islands in the Bay of Bengal, over which both India and Bangladesh claimed sovereignty, remained under the authority of Bangladesh. He is also known for reducing piracy in the Bay of Bengal and was responsible for maintaining the security of the Bay and the Sundarbans."
tagline: "Bangladesh Navy admiral (1934-1984)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/Rear_Admiral_Mahbub_Ali_Khan.png"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1934-11-03"
deathDate: "1984-08-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.99
  momentum:             3.636363636363636
  historical:           2.264332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  56
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AC_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8"
    title: "মাহবুব আলী খান"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahbub_Ali_Khan"
    title: "Mahbub Ali Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6733641"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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