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