Ghulam Dastagir Shaida (
Dari
Dari (, , ), also known as Dari Persian (, ), is the variety of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan. Dari is the term officially recognised and promoted since 1964 by the Afghan government for the Persian language,Lazard, G.Darī ...
استاد غلام دستگیر شیدا ) Ustad Ghulam Dastagir (1916–1970) was an Afghan singer and musician. Ustad Shaida was born in the
Kharabat neighborhood of
Kabul
Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco ...
, home of Kabul musicians who sung in
classical Indian tradition. Ustad Shaida is considered as one of the great
Ustad
Ustād or ostād (abbreviated as Ust., Ut. or Ud.; from Persian language, Persian ) is an honorific title used in West Asia, North Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is used in various languages such as Persian language, Persian, , Azerbai ...
s of
Afghan classical music along with
Ustad Sarahang
Mohammad-Hussain Sarāhang ( fa, محمدحسین سرآهنگ - ''Sarāhang''; 1924–1983) was an Afghan ghazal singer and an exponent of Indian classical music from Kabul, Afghanistan.
Career and education
Mohammad-Hussain Sarahang ( née Moh ...
and Ustad Rahim Bakhsh. His unique voice and style of singing resulted in fellow Kharabat musicians bestowing upon him the title of Shaida, which in
Sufi tradition means one who has sacrificed himself for divine love.
His father Haji Afzal was a musician as well and played the
Rubab, he also traveled quite often to
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
for business. During one of these trips he enrolled young Shaida to take lessons from Ustad Ghulam Hossein. Shaida traveled back to India in 1948 and begun taking lessons from Ustad Abdul Wahab Khan.
After Shaida's return from India and his popularity amongst musicians and public, he was awarded the title of "Ustad" (maestro) from Ministry of culture.
Ustad Shaida died of his injuries after a car accident in the outskirts of Kabul, 22 April 1970. His buried in Kabul.
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Afghan musicians
Afghan Tajik people
1916 births
1970 deaths