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Documenting the qavvali tradition — performers, lineages, and kalaam — with a curated playlist of renditions.
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Haji Mahboob Ali Qawwal was born in Pakpattan in 1914 and died at Golra in 1992. Although young Mahboob was trained in manufacturing silver …
Azim Prem Ragi was one of the seminal Qawwals of the first half of the 20th Century. Born in Agra to a family of …
Raziuddin, who was born in Delhi, was a scholar in Persian and Arabic, well read in Hikmat and Mysticism, and became a popular icon.The …
“Bakhshi Salamat Qawwal” was the name adopted by a party of Qawwals comprising the three brothers Ustad Bakhshi Khan (1927-1994), Ustad Salamat Khan (1931-1982) …
Ustad Abdul Raheem Fareedi was the eldest son and Shagird of the legendary Muhammad Ali Fareedi Qawwal. Muhammad Ali Fareedi descended from Baba Muhammad …
Majeed Ahmed Fareedi was the nephew of Ustad Muhammad Ali Fareedi and hence a cousin to Abdul Raheem Fareedi. He along with his elder …
The family of Din Muhammad aka Dina Qawwal (1885-1935) born in Jalandhar, links to the ancestors of Mubarak Ali and Fateh Ali Qawwal. These …
Agha Bashir Ahmed Fareedi was the brother of Agha Rasheed Ahmed and Majeed Ahmad Fareedi, and a renowned Qawwal of the Rajpoot Kerala gharana. …
Manzoor was the disciple of his uncle Suleman Khan. Manzoor Niazi told that Muhammad Ali Khan, Muhammad Hussain, Murlee, and Imam Buksh were his …
Playlist
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Chhaap Tilak Sab Cheeni
This kalaam has been a staple at every party, and it gets boring to listen to sooner rather than later. However, this rendition was a breath of fresh air for me with expressions par excellence!
Balaghal Ula Be Kamalehi
Farid sang a unique version of this at my home (2014) which started with a tarana.
More Sar Se Tali Bala
Of all the renditions I have heard of Bhala Hua Mori Gagri, nothing surpasses this one by Bari Party — girahbandi par excellence by Munshi sb, and very engaging audience, lending shayrs now and then!
صبح عدم ہوئی نہ ہو و پاؤں اٹھاؤ جو ہو سو ہو
sub.h-e-adam huī na ho va paañv uThāo jo ho so ho
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