# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/niftawayh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:30:48.922Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/niftawayh"
name: "Niftawayh"
slug: "niftawayh"
description: "Abu Abd Allah Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn 'Urfa ibn Sulayman ibn al-Mughira ibn Habib ibn al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra al-Azdi better known as Nifṭawayh, was a Medieval Muslim scholar. He was considered to be the best writer of his time, in addition to an expert in Muslim prophetic tradition and comparative readings of the Qur'an."
tagline: "Islamic scholar and author (died 935)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%87.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "858"
deathDate: "935"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.682902666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "نفطويه"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niftawayh"
    title: "Niftawayh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Niftawayh"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump