Afrasiab

mythical character in Shahnameh
Person mythical_character Q383717
Afrasiab
Jalal al-Din Mirza Jelveh Yazdi · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Afrasiab

Summary

Afrasiab is a mythical character[1]. He draws 126 Wikipedia views per month (mythical_character category, ranking #74 of 386).[2]

Key Facts

  • A child of Afrasiab was Farangis[3].
  • A child of Afrasiab was Manizheh[4].
  • Afrasiab's image is recorded as Name-ye Khosrovan bsb11180462 00358.jpg[5].
  • Afrasiab is recorded as male[6].
  • Afrasiab's instance of is recorded as mythical character[7].
  • Afrasiab's instance of is recorded as fictional human[8].
  • Afrasiab's Commons category is recorded as Afrasiab[9].
  • Afrasiab's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01vxfn[10].
  • Afrasiab's Rodovid ID is recorded as 404142[11].
  • Afrasiab's sibling is recorded as Garsivaz[12].
  • Afrasiab's IIIF manifest URL is recorded as https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/3/shahnama-shah-tahmasp-105r/manifest.json[13].
  • Afrasiab's TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID is recorded as efrasiyab[14].

Body

Personal Life

Children include Farangis[3], a fictional human[15] and Manizheh[4], a fictional human[16].

Why It Matters

Afrasiab draws 126 Wikipedia views per month (mythical_character category, ranking #74 of 386).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] He is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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