Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was a Pakistani singer and composer who primarily performed Qawwali, a form of Sufi Islamic devotional music. He is known as ‘Shahenshah-e-Qawwali’ (King of Kings of Qawwali).
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was born as ‘Anjum Parvez Ali Khan’ on 13 October 1948 (age 49 at the time of death) in Faisalabad city of Punjab, Pakistan.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in childhood
He learned tabla from his father. After his father’s death in 1964, he learned music from his uncles Mubarak Ali Khan and Salamat Ali Khan.
Physical Appearance
Height: 5′ 7″
Weight: 136 kg
Eye colour: black
Hair Colour: Black (semi-bald)
Family, Caste and Wife
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan inherited the 600-year-old family tradition of Qawwali. He belongs to the ‘Qawwal Bachan Ka Gharana’ (House of Qawwal Children), an original Qawwali group of 12 children who are said to have been assembled by Amir Khusro in the 13th century for a musical dialogue with a Hindu. did. Religious publisher. His father, Fateh Ali Khan, was a classical singer and qawwali musician. He has four elder sisters and a younger brother named Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, who was a harmonium player in Qawwali.
Farooq Fateh Ali Khan, brother of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
He has a nephew named Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, who is a musician primarily of Qawwali. He married Nahid Nusrat.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s wife Nahid Nusrat
They have a daughter named Nida Fateh Ali Khan.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s daughter, Nida Fateh Ali Khan
livelihood
After the death of her uncle Mubarak Ali Khan in 1971, Nusrat officially became the leader of the family Qawwali party, which became known as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Mujahid Mubarak Ali Khan & Party. As party leader he made his first public appearance in a studio recording broadcast organized by Radio Pakistan as a part of the annual music festival named “Jashn-e-Baharan”. His first big hit in Pakistan was the song ‘Haq Ali Ali’ from the film “Nakhuda (1981)”.
In 1998, he collaborated with Peter Gabriel (English singer, songwriter, record producer and activist) on the soundtrack of the Canadian-American film “The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)”.
The collaboration with Peter led to their signing to the Real World label.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is composing music with Michael Brook through record label, Real World
Through the record label, Real World, he released five rock music albums; Some of her popular albums are, “Khwaja Tum Hi Ho,” “My Heart, My Life,” “Tere Bin Nayi Lagda.” He also composed music for Bollywood films, the first being “Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya” in 1997.
He also composed music for films such as Dead Man Walking (1996) and Bend It Like Beckham (2002).
Awards, Honors and Degrees
- President of Pakistan Award for distinction of performance by the Government of Pakistan in 1987
- UNESCO Music Prize 1995
- Grand Prix des Amériques at the Montreal World Film Festival, 1996
- Arts and Culture Award of the Fukuoka Asian Culture Award in 1996
- Legend Awards at the UK Asian Music Awards posthumously in 2005
- He holds the Guinness World Record for most Qawwali recordings
- Time magazine’s 6 November 2006 issue “60 Years of Asian Heroes” listed him as one of the top 12 artists and thinkers of the past 60 years.
- Listed at number 14 on UGO’s list of the best singers of all time in 2008
- Appeared on NPR’s (National Public Radio) 50 Great Voices list in 2010
- Listed in CNN’s list of the twenty most distinguished musicians of the past fifty years in 2010
Favourite Things
- Food: Bitter Gourd Meat, Coriander Meat, Seekh Kebab, Biryani, Butter Chicken
- Musicians: Alam Lohar, Noor Jehan, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Amir Hussain Khan, Allah Rakha, Shaukat Ali Khan, Parveen Sultana, Farida Khanum, Ghulam Ali
Death
He died suddenly of heart failure at Cromwell Hospital, London, on 16 August 1997. According to the report, doctors said that one of the reasons for his death was that Pakistani hospitals had used contaminated dialysis equipment to treat him. His body was brought back to Faisalabad and buried in Kabutaran Wala Qabristan, also known as Jhang Road Cemetery, on Jhang Road in Faisalabad.
Grave of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
fact
- His ancestors lived in Ghazni, Afghanistan. During the era of Mahmud Ghazni, he migrated to India with the saint Sheikh Darwish. In India his ancestors settled in Basti Shaikh of Jalandhar and there he learned music and singing.
- Nusrat’s father did not want her to follow the family tradition of Qawwali as her profession and wanted her to become an engineer or a doctor. His father believed that he was given a low status in society.
- His father began training him at the age of seven, but he received formal training in singing at the age of thirteen.
- His ancestors have mentored great masters of classical music including Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Salamat Ali Khan, Nazakat Ali Khan, Sadiq Ali Khan.
- He sang in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Parsi and Eastern.
- He presented qawwalis in various pilgrimage sites of Pakistan including Taunsa Sharif, Chishtian Sharif, Kalyam Sharif and Data Shahib.
- He had his own silsila (order) named Sabri Silsila and Chishti-Sabri.
- Earlier, he was called ‘Parvez’, until one day he happened to meet Ghulam Ghaus Samdani, who not only changed his name to Nusrat Fateh Ali but also told him that he would become a great singer.
- She has performed at various international events such as ‘World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD)’ in London in 1985, ‘5th Asian Traditional Performing Arts Festival’ in Japan and ‘Brooklyn Academy of Music’ in New York in 1989. ,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPekawWvVRo
- He collaborated with Eddie Vedder to compose a song, “The Face of Love”, for the film “Dead Man Walking (1996)”, and Jonathan Elias sang two songs, “Faith” and “Benediction”, from the album “The Prayer Cycle”. ,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULWxAFMZ22A
- In 1997, their albums, “Intoxicated Spirit (1966)” and “Night Song (1966)” were nominated for a Grammy Award in the categories of Best Traditional Folk Album and Best World Music Album, respectively. His album “Intoxicated Spirit (1966)” includes popular songs like “Yeh Jo Halka Halka Suroor Hai,” “Ruk Pe Rehmat Ka,” “Meri Saki Saki Ye,” and “Bey Wafa.”
- His songs were so popular that some Bollywood hit songs have reportedly been copied from his songs. One such song is ‘Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast-Mast’ from the film “Mohra (1994)”, whose music is almost similar to Nusrat’s song ‘Dum Mast Qalandar’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce6gtnd6qDc
- Although his songs were stolen from time to time by various musicians, he was reportedly very tolerant of it. In one of her interviews, Nusrat jokingly gave the “Best Copy” award to Viju Shah and Anu Malik.
- AR Rahman once featured a song titled ‘Allah Hu’ in his album “Guru of Peace” and composed a song ‘Tere Bina’ from the film “Guru (2007)” as a tribute to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Was done.
- On September 13, 2013, his wife died at Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
- In Japan, he is remembered as Budai or “Singing Buddha”.
- In 1984, he was given the title of ‘Ustad’ after performing classical music at a gathering called Anjuman-e-Mousikaran (Society of Musicians) along with tabla player Mian Shaukat Hussain.
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is also known as one of the originators of ‘world music’.
- Many artists such as Nadia Ali, Zayn Malik, Malay, Peter Gabriel, AR Rahman, Sheela Chandra, Alim Kasimov, Eddie Vedder and Joan Osborne have cited her as an influence. Jeff Buckley once tagged him as a significant influence, saying “He’s my Elvis”.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan with Jeff Buckley
- In 2004, Brook Martinez, a percussionist, formed a tribute band called Brooklyn Qawwali Party (formerly Brook’s Qawwali Party) in New York City. It is a 13-piece group that performs jazz versions of Nusrat’s songs.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Brooklyn Qawwali Party Tribute Band
- In 2015, Google celebrated his birthday with its Google Doodle on the homepages of India, Pakistan, Japan and many other countries. Google said,
Imagine an entire genre of music rooted in antiquity, hidden in much of the world. Its traditions date back 700 years, yet few people know it exists. Its beautiful melodies sink and rise. But there is no one to listen. Such was the situation of Qawwali some time ago. Then came Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who opened the ears of the world to the rich, mesmerizing sounds of the Sufis. Born in a musical family, Khan brought Qawwali from a humble background to international recognition. He collaborated with and influenced countless musicians. And his patience was amazing; Some performances can last up to ten hours! Thanks to his famous voice, Khan helped introduce “world music” to the world. To celebrate his 67th birthday, let’s just listen.”
- In 2000, American musician Paul Williams. Paul included them in his book ‘The 20th Century’s Greatest Hits: A ‘Top-40′ List’, in which he created a list to consider the top 40 artistic achievements of the 20th century in any field (including art, cinema). Chapter has been dedicated. , music, fiction, non-fiction, science-fiction).
- Pakistani American poet Faisal Mohiuddin included the poem “Faisalabad” in his book The Poems of Displaced Children, a tribute to Nusrat and the city of Nusrat’s birth.
- Several documentaries have been made on him, the first of which is, “Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Le Dernier Prophete (1996)”, directed by Jérôme de Missolz.
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