Fakir Musafar
Residence is recorded at Menlo Park. The heading is also recorded as Roland Loomis. Fakir Musafar is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q326337. Institutional cataloguing adds that fakir Musafar died in 2018 at Menlo Park. The record continues: fakir Musafar is recorded with the citizenship of United States. It is also recorded that fakir Musafar is recorded as photographer, artist and electrical engineer.
Identity and overview
The following is established of the heading itself.
Fakir Musafar is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q326337. The same evidence establishes that fakir Musafar is recorded with the citizenship of United States.
Origins and background
The following is established of origins and background.
Fakir Musafar died in 2018 at Menlo Park. Fakir Musafar is recorded at birth as Roland Loomis. It is also recorded that fakir Musafar was born in 1930 at Aberdeen.
Sources and evidence
This entry is compiled from 6 catalogued sources across 5 independent registers. The registers consulted are Internet Archive, Wikidata, Wikipedia, Crossref registry and National Library of Medicine. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.
Sources
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- 1.
An Idea to Live In: On Lifelong Investigations, Fakir Musafar, and the History of Body Modification, The Journal of Media Art Study and Theory, 2026
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Open Library author record for Fakir Musafar (Internet Archive), 1 catalogued work.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
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PubMed, United States National Library of Medicine, records for “Fakir Musafar”
Institutional database · Scholarly
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Internet Archive, 1 digitised item catalogued under Fakir Musafar as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
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“Fakir Musafar”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q326337: Fakir Musafar
authority record · Unverified · Wikidata
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