# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mehrdad-izady
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:16:32.979Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mehrdad-izady"
name: "Mehrdad Izady"
slug: "mehrdad-izady"
description: "Michael Mehrdad R.S.C. Izady or Michael Izady, a contemporary writer on ethnic and cultural topics, particularly the Greater Middle East, and Kurds."
tagline: "Kurdish Iranologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mihrdad_izady.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1963"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.017748
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihrdad_%C4%B0zedi"
    title: "Mihrdad İzedi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehrdad_%C4%B0zadi"
    title: "Mehrdad İzadi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8E%DA%BE%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%95%D8%AF%DB%8C"
    title: "مێھرداد ئیزەدی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehrdad_Izady"
    title: "Mehrdad Izady"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehrdad_Izady"
    title: "Mehrdad Izady"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%AF%DB%8C"
    title: "مهرداد ایزدی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehrdad_Izady"
    title: "Mehrdad Izady"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehrdad_Izady"
    title: "Mehrdad Izady"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1861207"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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