Aziz Mian

"Shahenshah-e-Qawwali"
Aziz Mian Qawwal
Birth nameAbdul Aziz
Also known asShahenshah-e-Qawwali
Aziz Mian Meeruthi
Born(1942 -04-17)17 April 1942[1]
Delhi, British India
Died6 December 2000(2000-12-06) (aged 58)[1]
Tehran, Iran - (buried in Multan, Pakistan)
GenresQawwali, Ghazal
Occupation(s)
  • Singer-songwriter
  • musician
  • poet
  • philosopher
  • writer
  • scholar
  • sufi
Instrument(s)Harmonium
Years active1966 – 2000
LabelsEMI Pakistan, Oriental Star Agencies, Columbia Records

Aziz Mian Qawwal (Urdu: عزیز میاں قوال) (17 April 1942 – 6 December 2000) was a Pakistani traditional qawwal famous for singing ghazals in his own style of qawwali and is considered one of the greatest qawwals in South Asia.[2][3][4] He holds the record for singing the longest commercially released qawwali, Hashr Ke Roz Yeh Poochhunga, which runs slightly over 150 minutes and.[4] Aziz is known by sobriquets — "Shahenshah-e-Qawwali" (King of qawwali), "Fauji Qawwal"(Military Singer)[5] since his early performances were often in army barracks, and "the Nietzschean qawwal".[6]

  1. ^ a b 73rd birth anniversary of Aziz Mian qawwal, Dawn (newspaper) Published 17 April 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2022
  2. ^ Manuel, Peter Lamarche (1993). Cassette culture: popular music and technology in north India. U of Chicago P. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-226-50401-8. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  3. ^ "10 Best Pakistani Qawwali Singers of All Time". DESIblitz. 22 May 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Dawn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Aziz Mian Qawwal's 16th death anniversary today". Pakistan Today (newspaper). 6 December 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Aziz Mian: The Nietzschean Qawaal". Dawn (newspaper). 8 October 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

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