# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zayn-al-din-al-amidi
# Generated: 2026-08-16T04:42:14.853Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zayn-al-din-al-amidi"
name: "Zayn al-Din al-Amidi"
slug: "zayn-al-din-al-amidi"
description: "Zayn al-Din 'Ali ibn Ahmad al-Amidi was a blind Kurdish scholar most known for inventing a system before Braille that allowed him to study and recognize his books. His method involved the use of fruit stones as a reading means for the blind."
tagline: "Islamic scholar"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
deathDate: "1314"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.41
  momentum:             2.571428571428571
  historical:           9.206012
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "زین الدین آمدی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A"
    title: "زين الدين الآمدي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zain_ad-Din_al-Amidi"
    title: "Zain ad-Din al-Amidi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zayn_al-Din_al-Amidi"
    title: "Zayn al-Din al-Amidi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C"
    title: "زین‌الدین آمدی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zayn_Ud_D%C3%AEn_Al_%C3%82mid%C3%AE"
    title: "Zayn Ud Dîn Al Âmidî"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zainuddin_al-Amidi"
    title: "Zainuddin al-Amidi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C"
    title: "زین الدین آمدی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zayn_al-Din_al-Amidi"
    title: "Zayn al-Din al-Amidi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zayn_al-Din_al-Amidi"
    title: "Zayn al-Din al-Amidi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zain-Din_el_Hamidi"
    title: "Zain-Din el Hamidi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3574950"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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