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, years_active = 1958 – 2010 , module = Zeb-un-Nissa ( Sindhi: زيب النساءُ; Death: 19 December 2019) was a Sindhi folk singer of

. She was among the leading female singers of

during the period from 1960s to 1990s. She had sung hundreds of Sufi songs which were recorded by Radio Pakistan

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Early life and childhood

Zeb-un-Nissa was born in

in the house of Bachu Shaikh. Her real name was Qaim Khatoon. She did not belong to a typical family of singers or musicians, however, her mother used to sing in local marriage ceremonies and social gatherings.

Singing career

Zeb-un-Nissa started her singing career in 1958 from Radio Pakistan Hyderabad. She took lessons of music from the renowned Sindhi singer

Muhammad Juman Ustad Muhammad Juman ( sd, استاد محمد جمن) (10 October 1935 – 24 January 1990) was a Sindhi musician and classical singer from Pakistan, whose impact on Sindhi music is still pervasive. Early life and career Muhammad Juman was ...

. She had a beautiful voice.

Radio Pakistan Radio Pakistan serves as the national public broadcaster for radio in Pakistan. Although some local stations predate Radio Pakistan's founding, it is the oldest existing broadcasting network in Pakistan. The network was established on 14 August ...

recorded numerous songs of Sufi poets in her voice. Those Sufi poets included

Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai ( sd, شاھ عبداللطيف ڀٽائي, ur, ; 1689/1690 – 21 December 1752), commonly known by the honorifics ''Lakhino Latif'', ''Latif Ghot'', ''Bhittai'', and ''Bhit Jo Shah'', was a Sindhi Sufi mystic, an ...

Sachal Sarmast Sachal Sarmast or Sacho Sarmast ( sd, سچو سرمست (1739–1827), born Abdul Wahab Farooqi ( ur, عبد الوہاب فاروقی) was a prominent and a legendary Sindhi Sufi poet from Sindh (Mehran) in modern-day Pakistan. Biography Sac ...

, Misri Shah, Manthar Faqir, Budhal Faqir and many others. A rich collection of songs sung by her are available in the music Library of Radio Pakistan. She was also popular for the marriage songs called "Sehra" or "Lada" in Sindhi. She recorded the marriage songs with renowned female singers

Zarina Baloch Zarina Baloch ( sd, زرينه بلوچ) (29 December 1930 – 25 October 2005) was a Pakistani folk music singer, vocalist and composer. She was also an actress, Radio and TV artist, writer, teacher for over 30 years, political activist and soc ...

, Amina and

Rubina Qureshi Rubina Qureshi, TI ( sd, روبينہ قريشي; also ''Rubeena''; 19 October 1940 – 13 July 2022) was a Pakistani Sindhi language folk singer. She was popularly known as ''Nightingale of Sindh'' as she performed most of her songs in Sindhi ...

. Her duets with Ustad Muhammad Juman and Ustad Muhammad Yousuf are also very popular. Pakistan Television Centre Karachi also recorded more than 50 songs in her voice along with other female singers.ٰمصطفيٰ ملاح: خوبصورت آواز جي مالڪ گائڪا زيب النساء اسان کان وڇڙي وئي، روزاني ڪاوش، 21 ڊسمبر 2019, Daily Kawish, Hyderabad.

Death

Zeb-un-Nissa died on 19 December 2019 in

.لوڪ گيتن جي راڻي زيب النساءِ لاڏاڻو ڪري وئي، روزاني سنڌيار، 20 ڊسمبر 2019, Daily Sindhyar. Among her five daughters and two sons, only one daughter Samina Kanwal is a singer.سنڌ جي لوڪ فنڪاره زيب النساءِ ڪافي عرصو بيمار رهڻ بعد نوابشاهه ۾ ۸۰ سالن جي ڄمار ۾ لاڏاڻو ڪري وئي, Daily Panhinji Akhbar, 19 December 2019.

References

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