Siddiqui Ahmed Khan (born 1914) was an Indian
sarangi
The sārangī is a bowed, short-necked string instrument played in traditional music from South Asia – Punjabi folk music, Rajasthani folk music, and Boro folk music (there known as the ''serja'') – in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. It is ...
player.
Khan was born in
Moradabad
Moradabad () is a city, commissionary and municipal corporation in Moradabad district of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Moradabad is situated on the banks of the Ramganga river, at a distance of from the national capital, New Delhi and 344 ...
in 1914. He first learned from his father Rafiq Khan.
He continued under Amman Khan, Ghamit Khan, Ahmed Hussain Khan and Isharat Khan. He was the father of Ghulam Sabir Khan and the grandfather of sarangi player Murad Ali Khan.
livemint.com website, Published 15 January 2015, Retrieved 14 December 2021
References
1914 births
Sarangi players
Indian classical musicians
Year of death missing
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