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      • Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan PP (Punjabi: نصرت فتح علی خان, Punjabi pronunciation: [nʊsˈɾət̪ ˈfət̪e (ɦ) əliː ˈxɑːn]; born Pervez Fateh Ali Khan; 13 October 1948 – 16 August 1997), popularly abbreviated as NFAK was a Hazara Pakistani singer, songwriter, and music director. He was primarily a singer of qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music.
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  2. Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan PP (Punjabi: نصرت فتح علی خان, Punjabi pronunciation: [nʊsˈɾət̪ ˈfət̪e(ɦ) əliː ˈxɑːn]; born Pervez Fateh Ali Khan; 13 October 1948 – 16 August 1997), popularly abbreviated as NFAK was a Hazara Pakistani singer, songwriter, and music director.

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    Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was born as ‘Anjum Pervaiz Ali Khan’ on 13 October 1948 (age 49 years; at the time of death) in the Faisalabad city of Punjab, Pakistan. 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.

    Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s inherited the 600-year-old family tradition of qawwali. He belongs to the ‘Qawwal Bachon ka Gharana ( lit. the house of Qawwal Children),’ a primordial qawwali group of 12 children, which is said to have been assembled by Amir Khusro in the 13th century ACE for a musical dialogue with a Hindu religious luminary. His father, ...

    After his uncle Mubarak Ali Khan’s death in 1971, Nusrat officially became the leader of the family Qawwali party, which came to be known as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Mujahid Mubarak Ali Khan & Party. He made his first public performance as the leader of the party was at a studio recording broadcast organised by Radio Pakistan as a part of the annual ...

    President of Pakistan’s Award for Pride of Performance by Government of Pakistan in 1987
    UNESCO Music Prize in 1995
    Grand Prix des Amériques at Montreal World Film Festival in 1996
    Arts and Culture Prize of the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes in 1996
    Legend Awards at UK Asian Music Awards in 2005 posthumously
    He holds Guinness World Record for the Most Qawwali Recordings
    Food: Karele Gosht, Dhaniya Gosht,Seekh Kebab, Biryani, Butter Chicken
    Musicians: Alam Lohar, Noor Jehan, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Amir Hussain Khan, Alla Rakha, Shaukat Ali Khan, Parveen Sultana, Farida Khanum, Ghulam Ali
    Colour: White

    On 16 August 1997, he died due to sudden cardiac arrest at Cromwell Hospital, London. As per the report, the doctors mentioned that one of the reasons for his death was that Pakistani hospitals had used infected dialysis equipment for his treatment. His body was repatriated to Faisalabad and was buried in Kabootran Wala Qabristan also known as Jhan...

    His forefathers used to live in Ghazni in Afganistan. During the era of Mahmud of Ghazni, they migrated to India with the saint, Sheikh Darwesh. In India, his ancestors settled in Basti Sheikh in J...

  3. Sep 17, 2024 · Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani singer who is considered one of the greatest performers of qawwali, a Sufi Muslim devotional music characterized by simple melodies, forceful rhythms, and energetic improvisations that encourage a state of euphoria in the listener.

  4. Sep 17, 2024 · Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who died in 1997 at age 48, brought the magic of qawwalis — songs based on the devotional poetry of Sufism — to the world. Guido Harari. By Adwait Patil. Sept. 17, 2024 ...

  5. Sep 20, 2024 · More than three decades after it was recorded, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s mesmerizing vocal prowess returns to the front with his posthumous album Chain of Light, released today, Sept. 20, 2024, via Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records.

  6. 3 days ago · 5 minutes ago. Unheard recordings by the famed Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who died 27 years ago, have been released for the first time. The tapes were found in the archives of Real ...

  7. May 18, 2018 · Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, internationally recognized for his mastery of a form of Islamic devotional music known as qawwali (pronounced kah-wah-lee), first gained significant attention in the United States in 1989 when he performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music ’ s Next Wave Festival.