# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mahmud-kati
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:28:33.276Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mahmud-kati"
name: "Mahmud Kati"
slug: "mahmud-kati"
description: "Al Hajj Mahmud Kati was an African Muslim Songhai scholar. He is traditionally held to be the author of the West African chronicle Tarikh al-fattash, though the authorship is contested."
tagline: "Malian historian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ta'rikh_al-Fattash_Mamma_Haidara_Library_34122_n01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1468"
deathDate: "1593"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "محمود كعت"
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    title: "محمود كعت"
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    title: "মাহমুদ কাটি"
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    title: "Mahmud Kati"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmud_Kati"
    title: "Mahmud Kati"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmud_Kati"
    title: "Mahmud Kati"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmud_Kati"
    title: "Mahmud Kati"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmud_Kati"
    title: "Mahmud Kati"
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  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmud_Kati"
    title: "Mahmud Kati"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump