# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ziryab
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:10:32.827Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ziryab"
name: "Ziryab"
slug: "ziryab"
description: "Abu al-Hasan 'Ali Ibn Nafi', commonly known as Ziryab, was a singer, oud and lute player, composer, poet, and teacher. He lived and worked in what is now Iraq, West Asia, and Andalusia during the medieval Islamic period. He was also a polymath, with knowledge in astronomy, geography, meteorology, botanics, cosmetics, culinary art, and fashion."
tagline: "9th-century poet and musician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Monumento_a_Ziryab_002.JPG/330px-Monumento_a_Ziryab_002.JPG"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "777"
deathDate: "857"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.85
  momentum:             6.733943930957994
  historical:           21.360396
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A8"
    title: "زرياب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A8"
    title: "زرياب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%B1"
    title: "Зиряб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zirjab"
    title: "Zirjab"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziryab"
    title: "Ziryab"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%DB%95%DA%95%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A8"
    title: "زەڕیاب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziryab"
    title: "Ziryab"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%96%CE%AF%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BC%CF%80"
    title: "Ζίριαμπ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziryab"
    title: "Ziryab"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziryab"
    title: "Ziryab"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziry%C4%81b"
    title: "Ziryāb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A8"
    title: "زریاب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziryab"
    title: "Ziryab"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziriab"
    title: "Ziriab"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziryab"
    title: "Ziryab"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziryab"
    title: "Ziryab"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%90%D7%91"
    title: "זיריאב"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziryab"
    title: "Ziryab"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziryab"
    title: "Ziryab"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziryab"
    title: "Ziryab"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziry%C3%A2b"
    title: "Ziryâb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziryab"
    title: "Ziryab"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A8"
    title: "زریاب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A8_(%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B9)"
    title: "زرياب (علی بن نافع)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziriabe"
    title: "Ziriabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1267054"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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