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Achro Thar Ka Aik Gumnaam Alghoza Nawaz,

Alghoza

The alghozā of Rajasthan and Gujarat are end-blown flutes played in pairs by shepherd communities (also known as donal in the southern zone, giraw in the north, and alghoza in the east). Using three fingers on each side, the player blows both instruments at the same time, sounding the melody simultaneously on both flutes. Breathing into it rapidly generates the airy tone and the quick recapturing of breath on each beat creates a lively, swing like rhythm.

Achro Thar Ka Aik Gumnaam Alghoza Nawaz

Achro Thar Ka Aik Gumnaam Alghoza Nawaz

Alghoza

Alghoza is a pair of woodwind instruments used by Baloch, Sindhi, Kutchi, Rajasthani and Punjabi folk musicians. It is also called Mattiyan, Jōrhi, Pāwā Jōrhī, Do Nālī, Donāl, Girāw, Satārā or Nagōze. It consists of two joined beak flutes, one for melody, the second for drone. The flutes are either tied together or may be held together loosely with the hands. A continuous flow of air is necessary as the player blows into the two flutes simultaneously. The quick recapturing of breath on each beat creates a bouncing, swinging rhythm. The wooden instrument initially comprised two flute pipes of the same length but over time, one of them was shortened for sound purposes. In the world of Alghoza playing, the two flute pipes are a couple — the longer one is the male and the shorter one the female instrument. With the use of beeswax, the instrument can be scaled to any tune.

It is an important instrument in Balochi, Sindhi, Punjabi and Rajasthani folk music. Gurmeet Bawa is a notable Punjabi folk singer who uses the instrument.

Algoza consists of a pair of wooden flutes and is also called jori (a pair) and is played by one person with only three fingers on each side. The folk singers of Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Ragisthan, Kutchi, use algoza in their traditional legend singing like Mirza, Chhalla, Jugni etc. The instrument is also used as accompaniment with folk dances.

Misri Khan Jamali

Misri Khan Jamali ( مصري خان جمالي‎,مصری خان جمالی‎) )

( b. 1921, d. 1982) was a renowned Pakistani artist and Alghoza player from Sindh, Pakistan.

Misri Khan Jamali a Instrumental Musician 

(Alghoza Nawaz, Alghoza Player)

Born in 1921 at Rojhan Jamali, District Jafarabad, Balochistan, Pakistan

Died in 1982 at Nawab Shah, Sindh, Pakistan

Also awarded Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in1979.

He was born at village Ronjhan Jamali in Jafarabad District of Balochistan. Later his parents migrated to Nawab Shah Sindh, Pakistan. where he was trained to play Alghoza by Murad Khan Jamali. He had also played on Alghoza at Radio Pakistan, Peshawar.

He performed all over Pakistan and made overseas tours to many countries including United Kingdom , Afghanistan, Singapore and Switzerland. The music of his Alghoza was recorded in different Sindhi classical melodies.

Awards and recognition:

Pride of Performance Award in 1979 by the President of Pakistan.

Death:    He died at Nawab Shah, Sindh, Pakistan in 1982,

Khamiso Khan Jamali

Khamiso Khan (خميسو خان) (born 1923, died 1983) was a Pakistani folk artist and alghoza player from Sindh, Pakistan.

Personal life & Career

Khamiso Khan was born in 1923 at Tando Muhammad Khan city, of Tando Muhammad Khan District, Sindh, Pakistan. His son Akbar Khamiso Khan is also a notable Alghoza player.

Khamiso Khan was a contemporary of another notable alghoza player Misri Khan Jamali. Mostly, he played typical Sindhi folk and classical music on alghoza. He was associated with Radio Pakistan, Hyderabad, Sindh as a folk artist for 18 years. Khamiso Khan had performed at many events when touring Europe and America before his death. When Khamiso died of a heart attack, president Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq paid him a tribute in a presidential message that his death was a great loss for folk music in Pakistan.

Awards and recognition:    ·         

Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1979.

Death:     He died after a heart attack on 8 March 1983

Hafiz Adeel Qadri data darbar Walay- Hamde Bari Taala aur Naat Sharif

Hafiz Adeel Ahmed Qadri Data Derbar Walay

Hamde Bari Taala Aur Naate Rasoole Maqbool

Sallallaho Allaihe wa Aalehi wa Sallam

حافظ عدیل احمد قادری، داتا دربار والے۔

Hamd Sharif

بگڑے سارے کم بنٹوندہ ﷲ اے، ﷲ اے
"رب شاناں والا اے"

      

Naat Sharif

Taynu Rab Nay Banaya Bemisal, Lajawab, Bakamal Sohnieye

Hafiz Adeel Ahmed Qadri حافظ عدیل احمد قادری، داتا دربار والے۔

بگڑے سارے کم بنٹوندہ ﷲ اے، ﷲ اے

"رب شاناں والا اے"

حافظ عدیل احمد قادری، داتا دربار والے۔

Darbar Mubarak Mian Mir Lahori R.A. مزارمبارک حضرت میاں میر لا ہوریؒ

Hazrat Mian Mir Lahori R.A.

Hazrat Baba Sain Mian Mir Muhammad Sahib (c. 1550 – 22 August 1635), popularly known as Mian Mir or Miyan Mir, was a famous Sufi Muslim saint who resided in Lahore, specifically in the town of Dharampura (in present-day Pakistan). He was a direct descendant of Caliph Hazrat Umar ibn al-Khattab R.A. He belonged to the Silsila Qadiri order of Sufism. He is famous for being a spiritual instructor of Mughal Prince Dara Shikoh, the eldest son of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.  He is identified as the founder of the Mian Khel branch of the Qadiri order. His younger sister Bibi Jamal Khatun was a disciple of his and a notable Sufi saint in her own right.

Shrine of Mian Mir Lahori R.A.

Hazrat Mian Mir R.A. was a friend of God-loving people and he would shun worldly, selfish men, greedy Emirs and ambitious Nawabs who ran after faqirs to get their blessings. To stop such people from coming to see him, Hazrat Mian Mir R.A. posted his mureeds (disciples) at the gate of his house. Once, the Mughal emperor Jahangir, with all his retinue came to pay homage to the great faqir. He came with all the pomp and show that befitted an emperor. Hazrat Mian Mir's sentinels (Mureeds) however, stopped the emperor at the gate and requested him to wait until their master had given permission to enter. Jahangir felt slighted. No one had ever dared delay or question his entry to any place in his kingdom. Yet he controlled his temper and composed himself. He waited for permission. After a while, he was ushered into Mian Mir's presence. Unable to hide his wounded vanity, Jahangir, as soon as he entered, told Mian Mir in Persian: 

"Ba dar-e-darvis darbane naa-bayd" 

("On the doorstep of a faqir, there should be no sentry"). 

The reply from Mian Mir was,

 "Babayd keh sage dunia na ayad" 

(So that selfish men may not enter).

The emperor Jahangir was embarrassed and asked for forgiveness. Then, with folded hands, Jahangir requested Hazrat Mian Mir to pray for the success of the campaign which he intended to launch for the conquest of the Deccan. Meanwhile, a poor man entered and, bowing his head to Hazrat Mian Mir R.A., made an offering of a rupee before him. The Sufi asked the devotee to pick up the rupee and give it to the poorest, neediest person in the audience. The devotee went from one dervish to another but none accepted the rupee. The devotee returned to Mian Mir with the rupee saying: 

"Master, none of the dervishes will accept the rupee. None is in need, it seems."

 Hazrat Mian Mir R.A. said the faqir, pointing to Jahangir. 

"Go and give this rupee to him,"

 Then Hazrat Mian Mir R.A. said:

"He is the poorest and most needy of the lot. Not content with a big kingdom, he covets the kingdom of the Deccan. For that, he has come all the way from Delhi to beg. His hunger is like a fire that burns all the more furiously with more wood. It has made him needy, greedy and grim. Go and give the rupee to him".

Shrine (Tomb) of Hazrat Mian Mir R.A. 

He was buried at a place which was about a mile from Lahore near Alamganj, that is at the south-east of the city. Mian Mir's spiritual successor was Mullah Shah Badakhshi. Mian Mir's Mazar (Mausoleum) still attracts hundreds of devotees each day and he is revered by many Sikhs as well as Muslims. The tomb's architecture still remains quite intact to this day. His death anniversary ('Urs' in Urdu language) is observed there by his devotees every year.

Peer Syed Shafqat Ali Shah

Sajjada Nasheen Hazrat Mian Mir Lahori R.A.

Prays with his son at his Mazar Sharif.

Few successors are present after the death of Sufi Saint Hazrat Mian Mir. One of them is Peer Syed Shafqat Ali Shah. He works on the path that was built by his ancestors. He attracts people to the guidance of Sufi Saint Hazrat Mian Mir. He is still working to give most of the spiritual education to the people and give them the path for success in life and after it. He lives near the tomb of his ancestor Hazrat Mian Mir to guide devotees to the path of Mian MIr.

Death and Legacy

After having lived a long life of piety and virtuosity, Mian Mir died on 11 August 1635 (7 Rabi' al-awwal, 1045 Hijri, the Islamic Calendar). He was (88) eighty-eight years old. His Namaz Janaza (funeral oration) was read by Mughal prince Dara Shikoh, who was a highly devoted disciple of the Saint. There is a hospital named after him in his hometown Lahore, called Hazrat Mian Mir Hospital.

Hazrat Mian Mir Lahori R.A. and Sikhism

According to Sikh tradition, the Sikh guru Guru Arjan Dev met Mian Mir during their stay in Lahore. This tradition does not appear in the early Sikh literature, and is first mentioned in the 18th and 19th century chronicles. However, it may be possible that this tradition is historically true, and may have been suppressed during the earlier period because of Sikhs' conflicts with the Muslim Mughals and Afghans.

Legend about foundation of Harmandir Sahib

According to Tawarikh-e-Punjab (1848), written by Ghulam Muhay-Yud-Din alias Buttay Shah, Mian Mir laid the foundation of the Sikh shrine Hermandir Sahib (Golden Temple), at the request of Guru Arjan Dev. This is also mentioned in several European sources, beginning with The Punjab Notes and Queries. Even the Report Sri Darbar Sahib (1929), published by the Harmandir Sahib temple authorities, have endorsed this account.

However, this legend is unsubstantiated by historical evidence. Sakeenat-ul-Oulia, a 17th-century biography of Mian Mir compiled by Mughal Prince Dara Shikoh, son of Mughal Emperor Shahjahan, does not mention this account. It appears only in the later accounts, and may have been invented to strengthen the Sikh-Muslim relationship.

Guru Arjan Dev & Mian Mir