# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/obaidulah-jan-kandahari
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:39:33.277Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/obaidulah-jan-kandahari"
name: "Obaidulah Jan Kandahari"
slug: "obaidulah-jan-kandahari"
description: "Obaidullah Jan Kandahari, or simply known as Obaidullah Jan, was an Afghan singer from Kandahar. He was popular among the Pashtuns in southern Afghanistan and in Quetta, Pakistan. As a classical singer, Kandahari reformed traditional Pashto music. He recorded many albums with lyrics written by Sayed Abdul Khaliq Agha and Abdul Baqi Dilresh, famous Pashto poets from Kandahar."
tagline: "Afghan singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Obaidullah_Jan_Kandahari_image_taken_from_one_of_his_Album_CDs.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1951-05-05"
deathDate: "1983"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.19
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.738409333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "عبيد الله جان کندهاری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%82%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "عبیدالله‌جان قندهاری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obaidullah_Jan_Kandahari"
    title: "Obaidullah Jan Kandahari"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubaidullah_Jan"
    title: "Ubaidullah Jan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%82%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "عبیدالله‌جان قندهاری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obaidulah_Jan_Kandahari"
    title: "Obaidulah Jan Kandahari"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%93%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B9_%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8_%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A7%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80"
    title: "ਓਬੈਦੁਲਾਹ ਜਾਨ ਕੰਧਾਰੀ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3752155"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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