# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/taufiq-wahby
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:58:24.830Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/taufiq-wahby"
name: "Taufiq Wahby"
slug: "taufiq-wahby"
description: "Taufiq Wahby was a prominent Kurdish writer, linguist and politician. He first served in the Ottoman army as a colonel, but after the creation of Iraq by the British in 1920, he became an influential officer in the new Iraqi army. He also served eight terms in ministerial posts in the Iraqi government. He was instrumental in the design of a new Kurdish alphabet based on modified Arabic letters. Taufiq Wahbi also engaged in research concerning Yazidis and their religion."
tagline: "Iraqi politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Taufiq_Wahby.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1891-01-01"
deathDate: "1984-01-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.472678666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taufiq_Wahby"
    title: "Taufiq Wahby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%82_%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A8%D9%8A"
    title: "توفيق وهبي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%86%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%82_%D9%88%DB%95%DA%BE%D8%A8%DB%8C"
    title: "تۆفیق وەھبی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tevfik_Vehbi"
    title: "Tevfik Vehbi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taufiq_Wahby"
    title: "Taufiq Wahby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tewf%C3%AEq_Wehb%C3%AE"
    title: "Tewfîq Wehbî"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7688677"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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