Sharafat Ali Khan

Ustad
Sharafat Ali Khan
Background information
Born1955 (1955)
Multan, Pakistan
OriginPunjab
Died30 November 2009(2009-11-30) (aged 53–54)
Lahore, Pakistan
Genres
OccupationSinger
InstrumentSurmandal
NationalityPakistani
Alma materGovernment College University, Lahore
FatherSalamat Ali Khan
RelativesShafqat Ali Khan (younger brother)
AwardsPride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 2011
Saraswati Samman Award by the Government of India

Sharafat Ali Khan (1955 – 30 November 2009) was a Pakistani classical singer. He used to sing in various Hindustani classical genres such as thumri, kafi, khayal and ghazal throughout his career.

The recipient of Pride of Performance Award by the Government of Pakistan, Saraswati Samman Award conferred by the government of India, he was also awarded Tamgha-e-Hunar award by Afghanistan.[1][2][3]

Biography

He was born in 1955 to Ustad Salamat Ali Khan in Multan, Pakistan.[1][3] Graduated from the Government College, Lahore (now called Government College University, Lahore), he belonged to Sham Chaurasia gharana school of classical music. He started his singing career during his childhood. He was the elder brother of Ustad Shafqat Ali Khan and nephew of Sakhawat Ali Khan and Ustad Nazakat Ali Khan (1920s–1984). Sham Chaurasia gharana's ancestors included classical singers Mian Chand Khan and Mian Suraj Khan who were contemporaries of Mian Tansen in the court of Mughal emperor Akbar.[1]

He was taught classical music by his father and participated in nearly one hundred foreign music festivals. According to a major newspaper of India, "[Sharafat Ali Khan] had enormous grip over thumri, kafi, khayal and ghazal".[1] He also used to deliver lecturers on classical music at various universities.[3]

Awards

Death

He was suffering from diabetes mellitus and hypertension and was bedridden for over three months and died late Monday on 30 November 2009 in Lahore, Pakistan at age 54 and is buried at the Charagh Shah Wali shrine, a cemetery in Lahore where his parents, grandmother and his father Salamat Ali Khan, two uncles Ustad Nazakat Ali Khan and Ustad Zakir Ali Khan are also buried.[3][1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Renowned singer Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan passes away". The Hindu newspaper. 2 December 2009. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b Zain Ahmed. "Truly triumphant". The Express Tribune newspaper. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Classical singer Ustad Sharafat passes away". Dawn newspaper. 2 December 2009. Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2024.