# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/saleem-kidwai
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:01:09.487Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/saleem-kidwai"
name: "Saleem Kidwai"
slug: "saleem-kidwai"
description: "Saleem Kidwai was a medieval historian, gay rights activist, and translator. Kidwai was a professor of history at Ramjas College, University of Delhi until 1993 and thereafter an independent scholar."
tagline: "Indian academic (1951-2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saleem_Kidwai.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1951-12-20"
deathDate: "2021-08-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.941325333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "سلیم قدوائی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ساليم كيدواى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saleem_Kidwai"
    title: "Saleem Kidwai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saleem_Kidwai"
    title: "Saleem Kidwai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saleem_Kidwai"
    title: "Saleem Kidwai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%AE_%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%88"
    title: "ਸਲੀਮ ਕਿਦਵਈ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C"
    title: "سلیم قدوائی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2214092"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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