“he has taken my devotional song Allahu and converted it into I love you. He should at least respect my religious songs.”
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, also known as NFAK, was a Pakistani singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and music director, primarily associated with qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music from Pakistan and India. He ranks as one of the most influential South Asian singers of all time. Widely recognised as the "Shahanshah-e-Qawwali", he has been recognised as one of the 50 Great Voices b…
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entertainment · Pakistani singer-songwriter (1948–1997) · singer · composer · music educator · storyteller · recording artist · musician · also Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Nusrat Fatih Ali Khan, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party, Pervez Fateh Ali Khan, Khan
Born 13 October 1948 · Died 16 August 1997 · Q299073
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2026· 13 entries
BBC: Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan back in jail after hospital examination
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The Guardian: Jailed ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan allowed brief hospital visit after uproar over health
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ProPakistani: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Faces Backlash for Performing Qawwali at Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s Grave
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Daily Times: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan remembered on 29th death anniversary
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The Nation (Pakistan ): Tributes paid to Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
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Public attention spiked: 3,909 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.3× the usual 1,193, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan remembered on 29th death anniversary” (Daily Times).
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Dunya News: Shahenshah-e-Qawwali Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan remembered on 29th death anniversary
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Radio Pakistan: Death anniversary of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan observed
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Bollywood Hungama: As Dhurandhar revives Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s magic, here’s how his ICONIC creation featured in Sunny Deol and Shah Rukh Khan-starrers just 9 months apart
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2025· 1 entry
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Video shows Zakir Hussain with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan” False.
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2024· 7 entries
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fact checker rated the claim “Jugalbandi of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Zakir Hussain.” False.
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Released album “Chain of Light”.
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Yahoo: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s Lost Album ‘Chain of Light’ to Be Released by Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records
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Rolling Stone: A Long-Lost Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Album Will Release This Fall
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2019· 10 entries
KCRW: New Album Spotlight: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Live at WOMAD 1985
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Released album “Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Vol. 2”.
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Released album “Kali Kamliya Chand Sa Mukhra Album 89”.
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Released album “Haq Ali Ali”.
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Released album “Geet Ghazal Album 09”.
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Released album “Mein Sadqe Mohammad De Darbar Toon”.
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Released album “Kina Sohna Tanu Vol. 5”.
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Released album “Dil Lagi”.
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Released album “Geet Gazals”.
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Released album “Yaadoun Kay Sahay”.
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2018· 10 entries
Released album “Sik Chaj Koi Yar Manavan Da”.
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Released album “Mele Ne Vichar Jana”.
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Released album “Sochan”.
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Released album “Sadgi Tou Humari Dekhiye”.
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Released album “Super Collection Data Sahab”.
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Released album “Shahsawar E karbala Ki Shah Sawari Ko Salam”.
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Released album “Tere Qurban Pyare Mohammad”.
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Released album “Best Urdu Qawwalies”.
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Released album “Romantic Moods”.
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Released album “Saja Hai Maikhana”.
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2017· 1 entry
Released album “Reformed”.
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2016· 3 entries
Released album “Remembering The Legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan”.
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Released album “Showcase Southasia, Vol.16”.
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Released album “Bhule Bisre Geet Aur Ghazal”.
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2015· 2 entries
Released album “The Best of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Vol. 2”.
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Released album “The Best of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Vol. 3”.
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2014· 2 entries
Released album “Panj Aaba Da Punjab”.
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Released album “Sultan of Sufi”.
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2013· 1 entry
Released album “Untouchable”.
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2012· 3 entries
Released album “Rare & Classics - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan”.
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Released album “Unheard Gems Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan”.
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Released album “50 Greatest Hits Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan”.
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2010· 1 entry
Released album “The Best Of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan”.
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2009· 1 entry
Released album “Saregama”.
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2008· 1 entry
Khan was listed in 14th position in UGO's list of the best singers of all time
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2007· 10 entries
Released album “Anthology - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan”.
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Released album “Supreme Collection, Vol. 1-3”.
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Released album “Dub Qawwali”.
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Released album “Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Live In Paris, Vol. 1 (Pakistan)”.
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Released album “Remember Me Vol 77”.
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Released album “Loay Loay Aaja Mahi Vol. 56”.
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Released album “Best of Shahenshah-e-Qawwalan Part 2 Vol. 112”.
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Released album “House Of Shah - Mick St. Clair Remixes Vol. 8”.
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Released album “Mighty Khan 2 Vol. 49”.
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Electronic music producer and performer Gaudi, after being granted access to back catalogue recordings from Rehmat Gramophone House (Khan's former label in Pakistan), released an album of entirely new songs composed arou
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2005· 3 entries
Khan posthumously received the "Legends" award at the UK Asian Music Awards
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Released album “Eternal, Vol. 117”.
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Released album “Tere Sohne Madine Toon Qurban, Vol. 102”.
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2004· 2 entries
Released album “Imagine”.
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A tribute band called Brooklyn Qawwali Party (formerly Brook's Qawwali Party) was formed in New York City by percussionist Brook Martinez to perform the music of Khan
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2002· 5 entries
Released album “Jaani door gaye”.
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Released album “Sufi Qawwalis”.
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Released album “Rang-e-khusro”.
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Gabriel included Khan's vocals on the track "Signal to Noise" on his album Up
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Released album “Poetry of Bulleh Shah”.
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2001· 5 entries
Released album “The Final Studio Recordings”.
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Released album “Akhaan Khoon De Neer”.
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Released album “Asan Hor Bhala Rab Kolon Vol. 221”.
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Released album “The Final Moment”.
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Released album “Ja Mur Ja Aje Wi Vol. 203”.
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2000· 3 entries
Released album “Bolo Ali Bolo”.
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Released album “Back to Qawwali / Nusrat Forever”.
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Released album “Tanhai”.
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1999· 4 entries
Released album “Visions of Allah”.
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Released album “Peace”.
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Two years after Khan's death
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Released album “Nusrat Forever”.
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1998· 4 entries
Was awarded PTV Life Time Achievement Award
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Called "Circle of the Noose" was leaked to the internet
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Released album “Allah and the Prophet”.
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Released album “Salaam”.
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1997· 12 entries
Released album “Farewell Song: Alwadah”.
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Died 1997-08-16.
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Released album “Piala”.
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Released album “Oriente/Occidente”.
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Released album “Samandar Maen Samandar Volume 14”.
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Released album “Raag Se Raag Tak, Vol. 163”.
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Released album “Missives From Allah”.
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Released album “Mere kamli wale lajpal”.
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Released album “Alvida”.
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Released album “Sorrows, Vol. 69”.
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Released album “Ecstasy”.
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Was nominated for two Grammy Awards, for Best Traditional Folk Album and Best World Music Album
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1996· 6 entries
Released album “Haqeeqat (Kalam E Iqbal)”.
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Awarded Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize (1996).
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Released album “Night Song”.
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Released album “Mahia pardesi ho gaya”.
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Released album “Sangam”.
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Was awarded Grand Prix des Amériques at Montreal World Film Festival for exceptional contribution to the art of cinema
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1995· 5 entries
Released album “Revelation”.
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Released album “Magic Touch”.
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Released album “Jewel, Vol. 48”.
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When Khan teamed up with Pearl Jam's lead singer Eddie Vedder on two songs for the soundtrack to Dead Man Walking
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Released album “Bandit Queen, Vol. 51”.
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1994· 1 entry
Released album “Sanson Ki Mala”.
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1992· 4 entries
To raise funds for Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, a cancer hospital built in Imran's mother's name which provides free services
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Released album “Dam Mast Qalandar & Other New Hits”.
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Released album “Kulli Yaar Dee”.
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Released album “Mae Ni Mae”.
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1991· 3 entries
Released album “The Day, The Night, The Dawn, The Dusk”.
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Released album “House of Shah”.
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Released album “Dam Dam Ali Ali, Vol. 9”.
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1990· 4 entries
Released album “Qawwali: The Vocal Art of the Sufis [I]”.
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Released album “Pakistan: Vocal Art of the Sufis, Volume 2 - Qawwali”.
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The BBC devoted a programme of its series Network East to this collaboration, and Big World Café invited Khan, Andrew Kristy, and violinist Nigel Kennedy to perform Allah Hoo live on the show
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Released album “Mustt Mustt”.
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1989· 3 entries
Released album “Shahen-shah”.
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Khan and his party performed Sikh devotional music at a Sikh Gurdwara in Slough, continuing a tradition of Muslims performing hymns at Sikh temples
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Commissioned by Oriental Star Agencies Ltd in Birmingham, UK, Khan collaborated at Zella Recording Studios with composer Andrew Kristy and producer Johnny Haynes on a series of 'fusion' tracks that propelled Nusrat Fateh
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1988· 3 entries
Released album “The Ecstatic Qawwali”.
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Released album “Qawwal And Party, Volume Two”.
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Khan collaborated with Peter Gabriel on the soundtrack to Martin Scorsese's film The Last Temptation of Christ
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1987· 1 entry
Received the President of Pakistan's Award for Pride of Performance for his contribution to Pakistani music
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1978· 1 entry
Released album “Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Mujahid Mubarak Ali Khan”.
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1971· 3 entries
And added his unique style of sargam, khayal, and rhythm to his family's legacy
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With a studio version subsequently recorded in 1973
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The party became known as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Mujahid Mubarak Ali Khan & Party
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1964· 1 entry
Nusrat became the lead singer of the qawwali party in 1965 alongside his uncle, Mubarak Ali Khan
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1948· 1 entry
Born 1948-10-13.
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