Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is a Pakistani singer and musician who performs Qawwali, a form of Sufi Islamic devotional music. He is popularly known as “Shahenshah-e-Qawwali (King of Qawwali Kings)”.
Wiki/Biography
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) was born on October 13, 1948 in Faisalabad, Punjab Province, Pakistan (49 years old at the time of death), and his original name was “Anjum Pervaiz Ali Khan”.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan as a child
He learned tabla from his father. After his father’s death in 1964, he took music lessons from his uncles Mubarak Ali Khan and Salamat Ali Khan.
appearance
Height: 5′7″
Weight: 136kg
Eye color: black
Hair color: black (semi-bald)
family, caste and wife
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan continues the 600-year-old family tradition of qawwali. He belonged to the “Qawwal Bachon ka Gharana (literally, House of Qawwal Children)”, an original qawwali group of 12 children said to have been convened by Amir Khusro in the 13th century ACE for the purpose of meeting the Hindus Conduct musical conversations with religious celebrities. His father, Fateh Ali Khan, was a classical singer and qawwali musician. He has four sisters and one brother, Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, who is a qawwali organ player.
Brother Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Farooq Fateh Ali Khan
He had a nephew named Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, a musician who played mainly qawwali music. He is married to Naheed Nusrat.
Nahid Nusrat, wife of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
He has a daughter named Nida Fateh Ali Khan.
Nida Fateh Ali Khan, daughter of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Profession
After the death of his uncle Mubarak Ali Khan in 1971, Nusrat officially became the leader of the Qawwali Family Party, which later became known as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Mujahid Mubarak Ali Khan & Party. His first public performance as leader of the party was at a studio recording organized by Radio Pakistan as part of the annual ‘Jashn-e-Baharan’ music festival. His first hit song in Pakistan was the song “Haq Ali Ali” from the movie “Nakhuda (1981)”.
In 1998, he collaborated with Peter Gabriel (British singer, songwriter, record producer and activist) to produce the soundtrack for the Canadian-American film The Last Temptation of Christ (1988).
His collaboration with Peter led to him signing with the Real World label.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan collaborates with Michael Brook via record label Real World
Through Real World Records, he has released five rock music albums; some of the popular songs from his albums include “Khawaja Tum Hi Ho”, “My Heart, My Life” and “Tere Bin Nai Lagda”. He also composed music for Bollywood films, the first of which was 1997’s “Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya”.
He also scored films such as “The Walking Dead” (1996) and “Bend Like Beckham” (2002).
Awards, Honors and Titles
- Pakistan President’s Honor Award awarded by the Government of Pakistan in 1987
- 1995 UNESCO Music Prize
- 1996 Montreal World Film Festival Americas Award
- 1996 Fukuoka Asian Culture Award Arts and Culture Award
- 2005 British Asian Music Awards Legend Award
- He holds the Guinness World Record for the most Cavalli recordings
- Time magazine’s November 6, 2006 issue “60 Years of Asian Heroes” listed him as one of the 12 best artists and thinkers of the past 60 years.
- Ranked 14th on the 2008 UGO list of the best singers of all time
- Appeared on NPR’s list of 50 Great Voices in 2010
- In 2010, he was selected to CNN’s list of the twenty most iconic musicians of the past fifty years.
favorite thing
- Food: Karele Gosht, Dhaniya Gosht, Seekh Kebab, Biryani, Butter Chicken
- Musicians: Alam Lohar, Noor Jehan, Bader Ghulam Ali Khan, Aamir Hussain Khan, Allah Raha, Shaukat Ali Khan, Parveen ·Sultana, Farida Khanum, Ghulam Ali
die
He died of cardiac arrest at Cromwell Hospital in London on August 16, 1997. According to reports, doctors mentioned that one of the reasons for his death was the use of infected dialysis equipment in Pakistani hospitals to treat him. His body was brought back to Faisalabad and buried at Kabootran Wala Qabristan, Jhang Road, Faisalabad, also known as Jhang Road Cemetery.
Tomb of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
fact
- His ancestors once lived in Ghazni, Afghanistan. During the time of Mahmud of Ghazni, they migrated to India along with the saint Sheikh Darwish. In India, his ancestors settled in Basti Shaikh, Jalandhar, where they studied music and singing.
- Nusrat’s father did not want him to follow the family tradition of qawwali as a career and wanted him to become an engineer or a doctor. His father believed that their status in society was low.
- His father began training him at the age of seven, but he received formal singing training at the age of thirteen.
- His ancestors have mentored classical music masters such as Bader Ghulam Ali Khan, Salamat Ali Khan, Nazakat Ali Khan, and Sadiq Ali Khan.
- He has sung in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Parsi and Purbi.
- He has performed qawwalis at various holy places in Pakistan, including Taunsa Sharif, Chishtian Sharif, Kalyam Sharif and Data Shahib.
- He had his own Silsila (order) called Sabri Silsila and Chishti-Sabri.
- Earlier, he was called “Pervaiz” until one day he went to visit Ghulam Ghaus Samdani who not only changed his name to Nusrat Fateh Ali but also told him that he would become a great singer.
- He has performed at various international events such as the “World of Music, Art and Dance (WOMAD)” in London in 1985, the “5th Asian Traditional Performing Arts Festival” in Japan, and the “Brooklyn Academy of Music” in New York in 1989. .
- He collaborated with Eddie Vedder on the song “The Face Of Love” for the film “The Walking Dead” (1996), and collaborated with Jonathan Elias Sung two songs “Faith” and “Blessing” from the album “The Prayer Cycle”. “
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULWxAFMZ22A
- In 1997, his albums “Drunk Soul” (1966) and “Night Song” (1966) were nominated for Grammy Awards for Best Traditional Folk Album and Best World Music Album respectively. His album “Intoxated Spirit (1966)” contained popular songs such as “Ye Jo Halka Halka Suroor Hai”, “Ruk Pe Rehmat Ka”, “Meri Saqi Saqi Yeh” and “Be Wafa”.
- His songs were so popular that some Bollywood hits were allegedly copied from his songs. One of the songs is “Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast” from the movie “Mohra (1994)” whose music is almost similar to Nusrat’s song “Dum Mast Kalandar”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce6gtnd6qDc
- Although his songs were copied from time to time by different composers, he was reportedly very tolerant of this. In an interview, Nusrat derisively awarded the “Best Copywriter” award to Viju Shah and Anu Malik.
- AR Rahman had included a song titled “Allah Hoo” in his album “Peace Guru” and composed a song “Tere Bina” for the movie “Guru (2007)” to pay tribute to Nusrat ·Tribute to Fateh Ali Khan.
- His wife passed away on September 13, 2013 at Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
- In Japan he is known as “Budai” or “Singing Buddha”.
- In 1984, he was awarded the title of ‘Ustad’ after performing classical music with tabla player Mian Shaukat Hussain at an Anjuman-e-Mausiqaran (Musicians’ Association) gathering.
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is also known as one of the originators of “world music”.
- Many artists are influenced by him, such as Nadia Ali, Zayn Malik, Malay, Peter Gabriel, AR Rahman, Sheila Chandra, Alim Qasimov, Eddie Vedder and Joan Osborn. Jeff Buckley once labeled him a major influence, saying “He was my Elvis.”
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Jeff Buckley
- In 2004, percussionist Brooke Martinez formed a New York tribute band called the Brooklyn Qawwali Party (formerly the Brooke Qawwali Party). This is a 13-piece band that plays jazz versions of Nusrat songs.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Tribute Band Brooklyn Qawwali Party
- In 2015, Google celebrated his birthday with his Google Doodle on its homepage in India, Pakistan, Japan and many other countries. Google said,
Imagine an entire genre of music rooted in antiquity, hidden from most of the world’s population. Its tradition dates back 700 years, but few people know it exists. Its beautiful melody disappears and appears. But there was no one around to listen. This was the situation in Cavalli not long ago. Then there was Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who gave the world the rich and hypnotic voice of Sufism. Born into a musical family, Khan brought Qawali, who came from humble beginnings, to international attention. He collaborated with and influenced countless musicians. His endurance is amazing. Some performances can last up to ten hours! With his legendary voice, Khan helped bring “world music” to the world. In celebration of what would have been his 67th birthday, let’s hear it. “
- In 2000, American composer Paul Williams. Paul included him in his book The Greatest Works of the 20th Century: A “Top 40” List, which devotes a chapter to what he considers to be the greatest works of the 20th century in any field (including art, film) Top 40 artistic achievements. , music, fiction, non-fiction, science fiction).
- Pakistani-American poet Faisal Mohyuddin included the poem “Faisalabad” in his book “Displaced Children of Displaced Children,” a tribute to Nusrat and a tribute to the city where Nusrat was born.
- There are many documentaries about him, the first one being “Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: The Last Prophet (1996)” directed by Jérôme de Missolz .
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