Aziz Mian

"Shahenshah-e-Qawwali"
Aziz Mian Qawwal
Pride of Performance
"Shahenshah-e-Qawwali" Aziz Mian Qawwal Pride of Performance
Birth name	Abdul Aziz
Also known as	Shahenshah-e-Qawwali; Aziz Mian Meeruthi
Born	17 April 1942; Delhi, British India
Died	6 December 2000 (aged 58); Tehran, Iran - (buried in Multan, Pakistan)
Genres	Qawwali, Ghazal
Occupations	Singer-songwriter; musician; poet; sufi;
Instrument	Harmonium
Years active	1966 – 2000
Labels	EMI 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 115 minutes.^[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]

^ ^a ^b 73rd birth anniversary of Aziz Mian qawwal, Dawn (newspaper) Published 17 April 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2022
^ 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.
^ "10 Best Pakistani Qawwali Singers of All Time". DESIblitz. 22 May 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference Dawn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Aziz Mian Qawwal's 16th death anniversary today". Pakistan Today (newspaper). 6 December 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
^ "Aziz Mian: The Nietzschean Qawaal". Dawn (newspaper). 8 October 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

[Dawn1-1] 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.

[Dawn-4] 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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