Haji Rehmat Ali
Haji Rehmat was born in Ghazipur near Sharaqpur. He started singing at the age of fifteen and learned qawwali from his father Khidmat Ali and cousin Saeen Muhammad Tufail. Haji Rehmat followed Pir Manzoor Shah, who was a follower of the Noshahi order. He accompanied Agha Bashir for seven years and later Santu Khan, Muhammad Ali Faridi, Hafiz Ata Muhammad, and then for a greater period of his life served as the second vocalist in Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's qawwal party. With Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan he toured all over the world. After the death of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan he made his own qawwal party with his grandsons, Zuhaib Ali and Ehsan Ali Qawwal.
Source
Qawwali Singing in Pakistan: Its Stylistic Diversity & Notable Exponents — Allaudin Chohan (Thesis / Dissertation)
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