Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (, October 13,1948 - August 16,1997), was a Pakistani musician. He was a singer of qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis (a mystical tradition in Islam). In 2006, Time magazine included him in their list of" Asian Heroes' .
Traditionally, qawwali is a performing art which is passed down with in the family. Nusrat' s family has been performing qawwali for the last 600 years. Among other honorary titles given to him, Nusrat was called Shahenshah-e-Qawwali, meaning The Emperor of Qawwali.
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1948 births
1997 deaths
Punjabi people
Pakistani singers
Bollywood playback singers