Bisram Khan was the son of
Lal Khan
Lal Khan ( ur, لال خان; June 1956 – 21 February 2020) was a political activist and Marxist political theorist.
Born Tanveer Gondal, he was a physician by profession but ceased practicing medicine in order to devote his time to politic ...
, serving both the
Mughal Emperor
An emperor (from la, imperator, via fro, empereor) is a monarch, and usually the sovereignty, sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), ...
Shah Jahan and the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb as one of the chief musicians of the Mughal Court. He was regarded as an excellent
dhrupad
Dhrupad is a genre in Hindustani classical music from the Indian subcontinent. It is the oldest known style of major vocal styles associated with Hindustani classical music, Haveli Sangeet of Pushtimarg Sampraday and also related to the South Ind ...
singer. In November 1658, Aurangzeb bestowed on him the gift of an elephant.
See also
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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, sita ...
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17th-century Indian musicians
Indian royalty
Mughal nobility
Indian Shia Muslims
Hindustani instrumentalists
Indian male classical musicians
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