Waheed Nizami
1948 – 1996
Waheed Nizami Qawwal (1948-1996) was born in Karachi. He got training from his father Abdul Majeed Khan and uncle Kallan Khan. According to Noor-ud-din Nizami, his father Abdul Majeed Khan was a famous column writer given the title of "Rustam-e-Qalam" from the Nawab of Hyderabad in 1945 — the person who proposed the Daily Jang and helped publish its first issue in Delhi.
Waheed Nizami started qawwali in 1965 and received the title of "nizami ragi" by Hazrat Pir Zamin Nizami Syed Bukhari, who is Sajjada Nasheen at the Dargah of Hazrat Nizam-ud-din Auliya. He toured India in 1981 and 1984, performing qawwali on 23rd May and 14th August at the Embassy of Pakistan. He was a spiritually motivated person, a believer of Sufi orders particularly Nizami and Qadri, and was the follower of Pir Najam-ud-din of Iraq.
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Qawwali Singing in Pakistan: Its Stylistic Diversity & Notable Exponents — Allaudin Chohan (Thesis / Dissertation)
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