# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-the-persian
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:01:41.527Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-the-persian"
name: "Paul the Persian"
slug: "paul-the-persian"
description: "Paul the Persian or Paulus Persa was a 6th-century East Syriac theologian and philosopher who worked at the court of the Sassanid king Khosrau I. He wrote several treatises and commentaries on Aristotle, which had some influence on medieval Islamic philosophy. He is identified by some scholars with Paul of Nisibis and with Paul of Basra. According to Jackson, he was \"a Christian who may have studied Greek philosophy in the schools of Nisibis and Gundeshapur\". He is remembered for his writings in Syriac for his royal patron. These include his notes in Syriac on Aristotle's Logic, in which he declares the superiority of science over faith."
tagline: "Persian philosopher"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "550"
deathDate: "600"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.74
  momentum:             6.176470588235294
  historical:           5.482506666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B3_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "پولس ایرانی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pau_el_Persa"
    title: "Pau el Persa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Persian"
    title: "Paul the Persian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%BE_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81"
    title: "Павло Перс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_il_Persiano"
    title: "Paolo il Persiano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D3%A3"
    title: "Павли Порсӣ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4893253"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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