# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rais-khan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:02:24.440Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rais-khan"
name: "Rais Khan"
slug: "rais-khan"
description: "Ustad Rais Khan was a Pakistani sitarist. At his peak he was regarded as one of the greatest sitar players of all time. He continued performing till his last days. He moved from India to Pakistan in 1986, where he took up Pakistani citizenship."
tagline: "Pakistani musician (1939-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ustad_Rais_Khan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1939-11-25"
deathDate: "2017-05-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.83
  momentum:             4.054054054054054
  historical:           7.101766666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/971718"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rais_Khan_(Sitarspieler)"
    title: "Rais Khan (Sitarspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rais_Khan"
    title: "Rais Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%89%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A6_%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%88%E0%A8%B8_%E0%A8%96%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8"
    title: "ਉਸਤਾਦ ਰਈਸ ਖਾਨ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "استاد رئیس خان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rais_Khan"
    title: "Rais Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "இரயிசு கான்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "رئیس خان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2bb99ee3-845e-4465-90f2-24a08ca2f7eb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7285063"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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