Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was born in 1948 in Fajsalabad, in the Pakistani province of Punjab. He was a member of a family whose male descendants had specialized in the performance of religious music qawwali for over 600 years *. The music has developed on the basis of Sufism - the mystical trend of Islam. The essence of qawwali is prompting a religious trance enabling a direct contact with God. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s father, a great master of qawwali and respected musicologist...

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