diff --git a/app/models/schemas.py b/app/models/schemas.py
index 5447914..1ce3445 100644
--- a/app/models/schemas.py
+++ b/app/models/schemas.py
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ class HadithDetail(BaseModel):
 # ── Narrator ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 class NarratorSummary(BaseModel):
-    name_arabic: str = Field(description="Primary Arabic name")
-    name_transliterated: str = Field("", description="Latin transliteration")
+    name_arabic: str = Field("", description="Primary Arabic name")
+    name_transliterated: Optional[str] = Field("", description="Latin transliteration")
     entity_type: str = Field("", description="PERSON, KUNYA, NISBA, TITLE")
     generation: Optional[str] = Field(None, description="طبقة: صحابي، تابعي، تابع التابعين")
     reliability_grade: Optional[str] = Field(None, description="جرح وتعديل grade: ثقة، صدوق، ضعيف")
diff --git a/app/routers/narrators.py b/app/routers/narrators.py
index 9f42a93..605889f 100644
--- a/app/routers/narrators.py
+++ b/app/routers/narrators.py
@@ -253,12 +253,14 @@ async def narrators_by_generation(
     total = db.neo4j_count("""
         MATCH (n:Narrator)
         WHERE toLower(n.generation) CONTAINS toLower($gen)
+            AND n.name_arabic IS NOT NULL
         RETURN count(n) AS count
     """, {"gen": q_norm})
 
     rows = db.neo4j_query("""
         MATCH (n:Narrator)
         WHERE toLower(n.generation) CONTAINS toLower($gen)
+            AND n.name_arabic IS NOT NULL
         OPTIONAL MATCH (n)-[:APPEARS_IN]->(h:Hadith)
         RETURN n.name_arabic AS name_arabic,
                n.name_transliterated AS name_transliterated,
@@ -293,6 +295,7 @@ async def narrators_by_place(
         MATCH (n:Narrator)-[r]->(p:Place)
         WHERE type(r) IN ['BORN_IN', 'LIVED_IN', 'DIED_IN', 'TRAVELED_TO']
           AND toLower(p.name_arabic) CONTAINS toLower($place)
+          AND n.name_arabic IS NOT NULL
         RETURN count(DISTINCT n) AS count
     """, {"place": q_norm})
 
@@ -300,6 +303,7 @@ async def narrators_by_place(
         MATCH (n:Narrator)-[r]->(p:Place)
         WHERE type(r) IN ['BORN_IN', 'LIVED_IN', 'DIED_IN', 'TRAVELED_TO']
           AND toLower(p.name_arabic) CONTAINS toLower($place)
+          AND n.name_arabic IS NOT NULL
         OPTIONAL MATCH (n)-[:APPEARS_IN]->(h:Hadith)
         RETURN DISTINCT n.name_arabic AS name_arabic,
                n.name_transliterated AS name_transliterated,