Jahan-e-Khusrau (
,
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
: جہاں خسرو,
Hindi
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: जहान-ए-खुसरो) is an annual three-day
sufi music festival held in
New Delhi
New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament Ho ...
,
India
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to commemorate the death anniversary of the saint
Amir Khusrau
Abu'l Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau (1253–1325 AD), better known as Amīr Khusrau was an Indo-Persian Sufi singer, musician, poet and scholar who lived under the Delhi Sultanate. He is an iconic figure in the cultural history of the Indian sub ...
.
History
Jahan-e-Khusrau was started in the year 2001 by noted film director and artist,
Muzaffar Ali
Muzaffar Ali (born 21 October 1944) is an Indian filmmaker, fashion designer, poet, artist, cultural revivalist, and social worker.
Biography
Ali was born in Lucknow in 1944.
The eldest son of Raja Syed Sajid Husain Ali, the ruling prince of ...
.
The festival
The festival is held at Arab ki Sarai, Humayun's Tomb Monuments, Delhi — incidentally, this is where Khusrau started the
qawwali
Qawwali (Punjabi language, Punjabi: (Shahmukhi), (Gurmukhi); Urdu: (Nastaʿlīq, Nasta'liq); Hindi: क़व्वाली (Devanagari); Bengali language, Bengali: কাওয়ালি (Bengali alphabet, Bengali)) is a form of Sufi Isl ...
music tradition in the 13th century AD.
Performers
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Year - 2001
''Dates - 10–11 March''
Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi
Artists -
* Rumi Group, IRAN
* Lotfi Bouchnak, TUNISIA
* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN
Year - 2002
''Dates - 8 - 9–10 March''
Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi
Artists -
* Kabir Helminski, USA
* Drummers from, SUDAN
* Mahasa Vahdat and the Rumi Group, IRAN
* Sultana Chaudhuri, BANGLADESH
* Whirling Dervishes, TURKEY
* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN
* Shubha Mudgal, DELHI
* Ghulam Nabi Namtahali, KASHMIR
* Manjari, LUCKNOW
* Samandar Khan, RAJASTHAN
* Noorul Hasan, LUCKNOW
Year - 2003
''Dates - 28 February, 1–2 March''
Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi
Artists -
* Masood Habibi & group, IRAN
* Whirling Dervishes, TURKEY
* Hassan Hakmoun, MOROCCO
* Farida Parveen BANGLADESH
* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN
* Zila Khan, DELHI
* Sidi Sufis, GUJARAT
* Ghulam Nabi Namtahali, KASHMIR
* Qutubi Qawwal, DELHI
* Nazeer Khan Warsi, HYDERABAD
* Ghulam Fareed Nizami, DELHI
* Asrar Husain, AJMER
* Muhammad Ahmad Khan Warsi, RAMPUR
* Noorul Hasan, LUCKNOW
Year - 2004
''Dates - 26–27 March''
Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi
Artists -
* Masood Habibi, IRAN
* Shye BenTzur, ISRAEL
* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN
* Ila Arun, MUMBAI
* Astad Deboo, MUMBAI
* Shubha Mudgal, DELHI
Year - 2005
''Dates - 4 - 5–6 March''
Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi
Artists -
* Mehmet Kemiksiz, TURKEY
* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN
* Shafqat Ali Khan, PAKISTAN
* Shye BenTzur, ISRAEL
* Azam Ali, USA
* Masood Habibi, IRAN
* Zila Khan, DELHI
* Vidya Rao, DELHI
* Shujaat Husain Khan, DELHI
* Dadi Pudumji, DELHI
Year - 2006
''Dates - 4 - 5–6 March''
Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi
Year - 2007
''Dates - 30–31 March & 1 April''
Venue - Quli Khan's Tomb, Mehrauli Archeological Park, New Delhi
Artists -
* Wendy Jehlan, USA
* Sussan Deyhim, USA
* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN
* Malini Awasthi, LUCKNOW
* Shauqat Ali & Group, LUDHIANA
* Jaaved Jaaferi, MUMBAI
* Rekha Bhardwaj, MUMBAI
* Meeta Pandit, DELHI
* Nizami Brothers, DELHI
''Year - 2008 Jahan e Khusrau was not held''
Year - 2009
''Date - 19 October''
''Venue - SKICC, Shrinagar, Kashmir''
Year - 2010
''Dates - 26 - 27 - 28 Feb''
Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi
Artists -
* Tamboura Troupe, EGYPT
* Omar Faruk Ttekbelik, USA
* Masaka Ono, JAPAN
* Sanam Marvi, PAKISTAN
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* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN
* Malini Awasthi, LUCKNOW
* Samandar Khan, RAJASTHAN
* Rabbi Shergill, PUNJAB
* Astad Deboo, MUMBAI
* Radhika Chopra, DELHI
Year - 2011
''Dates - 15–16 & 17 April''
''Venue - Southbank Centre, London''
Year - 2011
''Dates - 11–13 March''
Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi
Artists -
* Azalea Ray, CANADA
* Dalahoo Ensemble, IRAN
* Shafqat Ali Khan, PAKISTAN
* Sami Brothers, PAKISTAN
* Manjari, LUCKNOW
* Wajahat Husain Badayuni, UTTAR PRADESH
* Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan, DELHI
* Hans raj Hans, PUNJAB
* Malini Awasthi, LUCKNOW
* Chand Nizami, DELHI
Year - 2012
''Dates - 2 - 3–4 March''
Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi
Artists -
* Andrea Grmmelli, ITALY
* Ali Zafar, PAKISTAN
* Shafqat Ali Khan, PAKISTAN
* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN
* Zia Nath, MUMBAI
* Indira Naik, MUMBAI
* Murad Ali, LUCKNOW
* Vidhi Sharma, DELHI
* Rajesh Pandey, DELHI
* Shivani Varma, DELHI
* Hans raj Hans, PUNJAB
Year - 2012
''Dates - 21–22 October''
Venue - Central Park, Jaipur
Year - 2013
''Dates - 1- 2–3 March''
''Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi''
Artists -
* Mercan Dede, CANADA
* Shafqat Ali Khan, PAKISTAN
* Abida Parveen
Abida Parveen ( Urdu, sd, ; born 20 February 1954) is a Pakistani singer, composer and musician of Sufi music. She is also a painter and entrepreneur. Parveen is one of the highest paid singers in Pakistan. Her singing and music has earned ...
, PAKISTAN
* Sonam Kalra, DELHI
* Malini Awasthi
Malini Awasthi (born 11 February 1967) is an Indian folk singer. She sings in Bhojpuri, Awadhi and Hindi, She also presents Thumri and Kajri. The Government of India awarded her the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2016. She is known for h ...
, LUCKNOW
* Astha Dikshit, DELHI
* Deveshi Sehgal, DELHI
Year - 2013
''Dates - 5–6 October''
Venue - Central Park, Jaipur
Year - 2017
''Dates - 24 - 25–26 March''
''Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi''
Artists -
* Hans raj Hans, PUNJAB
* Sonam Kalra, DELHI
* Malini Awasthi
Malini Awasthi (born 11 February 1967) is an Indian folk singer. She sings in Bhojpuri, Awadhi and Hindi, She also presents Thumri and Kajri. The Government of India awarded her the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2016. She is known for h ...
, LUCKNOW
* Ustad Iqbal Ahmad Khan, DELHI
* Deveshi Sehgal, DELHI
* Syed Sahil Agha, DELHI
* Daler Mehndi, PUNJAB
Year - 2018
''Dates - 9 - 10–11 March''
''Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi''
Artists -
YAMUNA - Dariya Prem Ka : Part 1
A dance ballet directed by Muzaffar Ali
Muzaffar Ali (born 21 October 1944) is an Indian filmmaker, fashion designer, poet, artist, cultural revivalist, and social worker.
Biography
Ali was born in Lucknow in 1944.
The eldest son of Raja Syed Sajid Husain Ali, the ruling prince of ...
,
*Barnali Chatopadhyya, *Archana Shah, *Astha Dixit & Group.
* Aalamato Group, Iran
* Malini Awasthi
Malini Awasthi (born 11 February 1967) is an Indian folk singer. She sings in Bhojpuri, Awadhi and Hindi, She also presents Thumri and Kajri. The Government of India awarded her the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2016. She is known for h ...
, Lucknow
* Kanwar Grewal, Punjab
* World Ethnic Music Ensemble with Murad Ali
* Pooja Ghaitonde, Mumbai
* Barnal Chatopadhyya, Kolkata
* Kailash Kher
Kailash Kher (born 7 July 1973) is an Indian music composer and singer. He sings songs with a music style influenced by Indian folk music and Sufi music. He was inspired by the classical musicians' Pandit Kumar Gandharva, Pandit Hridaynath Ma ...
's Kailasa, Mumbai
YAMUNA - Dariya Prem Ka : Part 2
* Shuba Mudgal, Delhi
* Syed Sahil Agha, Delhi
* Hans Raj Hans, Punjab
Year - 2019
''Dates - 8 - 9–10 March''
''Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi''
Artists -
* Minu Bakshi, Delhi
* Ganganama - The Circle of Life
Sanjukta Sinha & Kadamb Ensemble
* Satinder Sartaj, Punjab
* Roohani Sisters, Delhi
* Kanwar Grewal Kanwar may refer to:
__NOTOC__ People Surname
* Amar Kanwar (born 1964), Indian artist
* Anita Kanwar, Indian actor
* Indira Kanwar (c. 1696 – 1793), Mughal empress
* Narendra Kanwar, Indian politician
* Raj Kanwar (c. 1961 – 2012), Indian film ...
, Punjab
* Shahid Niyati & Sami Niyati, Rampur
* Syed Sahil Agha, Delhi
* Javed Ali
Javed Ali is an Indian playback singer who predominantly sings in Hindi. He has also sung in various Indian languages including Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
Early life
Javed Ali was born Javed H ...
, Mumbai
See also
* List of Hindustani classical music festivals
References
External links
Official site
Jahan-e-Khusrau website
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Music festivals established in 2001
Hindustani classical music festivals
Festivals in Delhi
2001 establishments in Delhi
Islamic music festivals