Ghulam Farid Sabri
Musical artist
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- Ghulam Farid Sabri (1930–5 April 1994) was a qawwali singer and member of the Sabri Brothers, a qawwali group in Pakistan in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.
- Sabri was also a Sufi mystic connected to the Chishti Order.
- His family's musical lineage stretches back several centuries, to the Mughal Empire.
- Mehboob Baksh Ranji Ali Rang, his paternal grandfather, was a musician; Baqar Hussein Khan, his maternal grandfather, was a sitarist.
- Ghulam Farid Sabri was raised in Gwalior, India.
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WikipediaGhulam Farid Sabri (1930–5 April 1994) was a qawwali singer and member of the Sabri Brothers, a qawwali group in Pakistan in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. The Sabri Brothers were awarded the Pride of Performance by the President of Pakistan in 1978. Sabri was also a Sufi mystic connected to the Chishti Order.
Ghulam Farid Sabri was born in Kalyana, a village in the district of Rohtak in Punjab, British India, in 1930. His family's musical lineage stretches back several centuries, to the Mughal Empire. His family claims direct descent from Mian Tansen, the musician of the court of Akbar the Great, the Mughal emperor. Mehboob Baksh Ranji Ali Rang, his paternal grandfather, was a musician; Baqar Hussein Khan, his maternal grandfather, was a sitarist. His family belongs to the Sabriyya order of Sufism; hence, the surname Sabri was adopted by them.
Ghulam Farid Sabri was raised in Gwalior, India. In his youth, he wanted to turn away from the world and live in the wilderness; his mother's stern rebuke turned him back to his responsibilities. At the age of six, Ghulam Farid Sabri commenced his formal instruction in music under his father, Inayat Hussain Sabri. He was instructed in North Indian classical music and qawwali. He was also instructed in the playing of the harmonium and tabla. Before starting to learn music, Ghulam Farid Sabri along with his father visited the shrine of Sufi saint Khwja Ghaus Muhammad Gwaliori in Gwalior to seek blessings.
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