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Dagar Gharana
The Dagar gharana (or Dagar vani) is a tradition of the classical dhrupad genre of Hindustani classical music spanning 20 generations, tracing back to Swami Haridas (15th century), and including Behram Khan of Jaipur (1753-1878). For some generations its members were associated with the courts of Jaipur, Udaipur, and Mewar. The main feature of the Dagar gharana is sophisticated, subtle, serene and rigorous exposition of alap-jor-jhala, including great attention to microtonal inflection delineating the subtleties of raga often otherwise overlooked or lost. Until the 20th century, it was exclusively a vocal genre (at least in performance), but since the innovations of Zia Mohiuddin Dagar to the rudra vina, that instrument has found a place in performance, following closely the inflections and style of the vocal technique. The genre was carried into the 20th century by seven Dagar brothers and cousins: Aminuddin Dagar and Nasir Moinuddin (Senior Dagar Brothers), Rahim Fahimuddin Daga ...
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Hindustani Classical Music
Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, sitar and sarod. Its origins from the 12th century CE, when it diverged from Carnatic music, the classical tradition in South India. Hindustani classical music arose in the Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb, a period of great influence of Perso-Arabic arts in the subcontinent, especially the Northern parts. This music combines the Indian classical music tradition with Perso-Arab musical knowledge, resulting in a unique tradition of gharana system of music education. History Around the 12th century, Hindustani classical music diverged from what eventually came to be identified as Carnatic classical music.The central notion in both systems is that of a melodic musical mode or '' raga'', sung to a rhythmic cycle or '' tala''. It is melodic music, with no ...
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Mohammad Ali Khan (musician)
Mohammad Ali Khan may refer to: *Mohammad Ali Khan Zand Mohammad Ali Khan Zand ( fa, محمد علی خان زند, ''Moḥammad ‘Alī Khān Zand''; 1779) was the second shah of the Zand dynasty, ruling from March 6, 1779 until June 19, 1779. After the death of Karim Khan Zand in 1779, Iran disinteg ... (c. 1760 – 1779), second shah of the Zand dynasty * Mohammad-Ali Khan (sepahsalar), Iranian military and government official * Mohammad Ali Khan (cricketer) (born 1998), Pakistani cricketer * Mak Lind (born Mohammed Ali Khan, 1988), Lebanese-born Swedish footballer * Qaleh-ye Mohammad Ali Khan, a village in Iran * Mohammadabad, Shirvan, Iran, also known as Mohammad Ali Khan {{disambiguation ...
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Nasir Moinuddin Dagar
Nasir Moinuddin Dagar (ca. 1921–1966) was a Hindustani classical dhrupad singer from India, part of the Dagar gharana. He and his younger brother Nasir Aminuddin Dagar performed together, and are best known as the Senior Dagar Brothers. Early life and training Moinuddin Dagar was born in Alwar, Rajasthan, the eldest son of musician Nasiruddin Khan of the Dagar lineage. Contemporary sources listed his birth date as 1919, while the ''Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India'' listed it as May 12, 1921. He was initiated into dhrupad singing by his father, who provided strict and rigorous training. He was seventeen when his father died. He supported his mother and five younger siblings by working as a teacher, while receiving training in Jaipur from his uncle Riazuddin Khan. He would go on to train younger brothers Nasir Aminuddin, Nasir Zahiruddin, and Nasir Faiyazuddin, as well as disciples Ritwik Sanyal and Lakshman Bhatta Tailanga. He left Udaipur after his training, a ...
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Riyazuddin Khan Dagar
Riazuddin ( ar, رياض الدين, link=no) may refer to: * Riazuddin (physicist) (1930–2013), Pakistani theoretical physicist *Riazuddin (umpire) (1958–2019), Pakistani cricket umpire *Hamza Riazuddin (born 1989), English cricketer *Riyaz Uddin (painter), Indian miniature painter * Begum Akhtar Riazuddin (born 1928) *Shaikh Riazuddin (born 1971), Indian cricketer *Riaz ud-Din (field hockey) Riaz ud-Din (24 February 1942 – 15 January 2001) was a Pakistani field hockey player. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX ...
(1942-2001), Pakistani Olympic hockey player {{hndis ...
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Rahim-ud-in Khan Dagar
Ustad Rahimuddin Khan Dagar (1900–1975) was a dhrupad singer from India who was awarded Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ... in 1969 . He was the father of Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar and uncle of H. Sayeeduddin Dagar, who were trained under him. References Hindustani singers 1975 deaths 1900 births Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in arts 20th-century Indian singers Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award {{India-singer-stub ...
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Nasiruddin Dagar
Nasiruddin () was originally a honorific title and is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin. There are many variant spellings in English due to transliteration including Nasir al-Din, and Nasruddin. Notable people with the title or name include: People with the given name Nasiruddin * Nasiruddin Sailani Badesha (died 1507), Sufi saint * Nasiruddin Chowdhury (born 1985), Bangladeshi footballer * Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi (1274–1356), mystic-poet and Sufi saint * Nasiruddin Faruque (born 1983), Bangladeshi cricketer * Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah of Bengal (died 1459), sultan of Bengal * Nasiruddin Mahmud (eldest son of Iltutmish) (died 1229), ruler of Bengal * Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah, Sultan of Delhi (1246–1266), Muslim Turkic ruler * Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah (died 1532), sultan of Bengal * Nasiruddin Nasir (born 1992), Malaysian actor * Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu (1967–2015), Bangladeshi politician * Nasiruddin Khan (c. 1948 – 2018), an Indian politician from West B ...
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Ziauddin Dagar
The name Ziauddin is a common transliteration of the male Muslim given name more correctly written Ḍiya ad-Dīn ( ar, ضياء الدين). It means the “Shine of the Religion” It may refer to: *Diya al-din Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi, (1097 – 1168), Persian Sufi * Diyā' ad-Dīn Ibn Athir (1163 - 1239), Arab writer and literary critic * Diya al-Din al-Maqdisi (died 1245), Hanbali Islamic scholar *Ziya' al-Din Nakhshabi (died 1350), Persian physician and Sufi living in India * Ziauddin Barani (1285 - 1357), Indian historian and political philosopher *Ziauddin Ahmad (1878 – 1947), scholar and politician in colonial India *Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabatabaee (1888 – 1969), Prime Minister of Iran *Ziauddin Ahmad Suleri, known as Z. A. Suleri (1913 - 1999), Pakistani journalist and writer * Diaa al-Din Dawoud (1926-2011), Egyptian politician * Ziauddin Sardar (born 1951), Pakistani writer on Islam *Ziyaettin Doğan or Ziya Doğan (born 1961), Turkish football manager *Ziauddin Rizvi ...
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Inayat Khan Dagar
Inayat ( bn, এনায়েত, ur, عنایت) is a unisex first name in Middle East and South Asia. It may refer to: ;''People'' * Enayat Khan, sitar and surbahar player. * Fazal Inayat-Khan, grandson of Inayat Khan. * Hidayat Inayat Khan, son of Inayat Khan. * Inayat Hussain Khan, Indian classical vocalist. * Inayat Khan, Universal Sufism and founder of the Sufi Order International. * Inayat Ollah Khan Niazi, Pakistan Army officer. * Noor Inayat Khan, daughter of Inayat Khan. * Vilayat Inayat Khan, son of Inayat Khan. * Zia Inayat Khan, grandson of Inayat Khan. * Inayat Bunglawala is media secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain. * Shah Inayat Qadiri, Sufi saint of Qadiriyyah Silsilah ;''Places'' * Inayatabad See also * Inayatullah (other) * Inayat Khan (other) Inayat Khan ( ur, عنایت خان) may refer to: * Enayat Khan (1895–1938), sitar and surbahar player * Inayat Hussain Khan (1849–1919), Indian classical vocalist * Ina ...
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