Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan

Ustad Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan
Born
Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan

(1952-12-25)December 25, 1952
DiedSeptember 9, 2003(2003-09-09) (aged 50)
Known forBest Harmonium player ("Harmonium Raja Sahib")
ChildrenRahat Fateh Ali Khan
FatherFateh Ali Khan
RelativesNusrat Fateh Ali Khan (brother) Shahzaman Ali Khan (grandson)
Musical career
GenresQawwali, ghazal
Years active1965–2003

Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan (Urdu: فرخ فتح علی خان) (December 25, 1952 – September 9, 2003)[1] was a Pakistani musician, who played the harmonium in Qawwali music. He was also a member of a well-known family of Qawwali musicians, the Qawwal Bacchon gharana (Delhi gharana), he was the younger brother of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the son of Fateh Ali Khan, the nephew of Mubarak Ali Khan, and the father of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  2. ^ Keeping Focus on Good Karma Los Angeles Times (newspaper), Published 31 August 1997, Retrieved 11 May 2019
  3. ^ Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan on BBC Music website Retrieved 11 May 2019
  4. ^ Ahmed Aqeel Ruby, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: A Living Legend, translated by Sajjad Haider Malik, Lahore: Words of Wisdom, (1992)