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Welcome to the Nusrat Online blog. Explore our extensive collection of articles, concert reviews, tributes, and stories about the legendary Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Reliving Nusrat Forever ! - Presenting the Exclusive Nusrat Store

It’s 68th Birth Anniversary of Nusrat Saheb. His presence has only enlarged. It was just last year on this day that google tributed him with a doodle on it’s home page calling him " the voice that helped bring “world music” to the world". This year we wanted a similar gift & there was no better time to reify our long thought idea of an Exclusive Nusrat Store , where fans can buy Artwork, Clothing, Books, & Memorabilia. It’s time to relive Nusrat in a whole new way.

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Alif Allah chambe di booti - Kalam Sultan Bahu ji by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Live at PTV In an EID Special Program - Alif Allah chambe di booti - Kalam Sultan Bahu ji

Lyrics & English English Translations (by http://sultanbahukalam.blogspot.in)

Alif Allah chambe di booti, Murshid man wich laaee hoo Nafee asbaat da pane milia, Har rage harjae hoo. Andar booti mushk machaya, Jaan phullan te aae hoo Jeeve Murshid Kaamil Bahu, Jain eh booti laee hoo

My Master Has Planted in My Heart the Jasmine of Allah’s Name. Both My Denial That the Creation is Real and My Embracing of God, the Only Reality, Have Nourished the Seedling Down to its Core. -When the Buds of Mystery Unfolded Into the Blossoms of Revelation, My Entire Being Was Filled with God’s Fragrance. -May the Perfect Master Who Planted this Jasmine in My Heart Be Ever Blessed, O Bahu!

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Remembering Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Desh Videsh Volume 603

Some people are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them. With Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan it had only been the first two. This legendary singer was born on 13 October 1948 in Lyallpur (later renamed Faisalabad), Pakistan.Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was one of the greatest Qawwals (Sufi singers) ever been on this earth. One of the most popular singers in the Indian sub-continent, Khan predominately sang Qawwali*, the music of devotional Sufism, but incorporated other forms including Khyal (traditional classical) to produce a unique style that appealed to followers of all religions. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was a genius singer of Qawwali. Like no other, Nusrat’s performances transcend religious boundaries and his music caresses the soul with its passion.

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On tour in La Réunion Island - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

A short french documentary short in Mid 90’s on the Reunion Islan, You will see NFAK singing in exotic and beautiful locations, sea beaches, roof-tops and surprisingly in a swimming pool too. Thanks to  Martin Meissonnier Camera Michel Carraud [Read More]

"Trouble Will Find Me" | Choreography on NFAK composition

“Trouble Will Find Me” is a dance performance choreographed on Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s super-intense “Tumhe Dillagi Bhul Jani Padegi” by Doug Elkins & performed by Bigelson, Marshall, Shawn Brush, Burke, and William Tomaskovic of a New Brunswick dance company, 10 Hairy Legs.

Watch full Performance on Vimeo

Celebrating "Nusrat : The Voice of Faith" - 10th March, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

Harper Collins India is Celebrating the success of “Nusrat:The Voice of Faith” on 10th March, India Habitat Centre. You are invited to be there to immerse in the ecstatic legacy Nusrat left behind and to know why the World still & will always need the likes of Nusrat & to witness a soulful Qawwali performance by Nizami Brothers.

Unforgettable BBC Pebble Mill Birmingham Performances by NFAK

From luminaries like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to Mehdi Hassan to Lata Mangeshkar, this studio had witnessed Legends from humble beginnings to Mega-stardom . Before it’s demolition in 2005 the Studio held the essence of Asian art in Birmingham. Here are some great NFAK memories from Pebble Mill

Videos from BBC Pebble Mill performances

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