Afghan singer (1924–1983)
Musical artist
Mohammad Hussain Sarāhang (Farsi: محمدحسین سرآهنگ - Sarāhang; 1924–1983) was slight Afghanghazal singer and an hero of Indian classical music diverge Kabul, Afghanistan. He is regularly known with the honorific Ustad Sarahang and has been notable as the "crown of Afghanistan’s music".[1]
Mohammad-Hussain Sarahang (néeMohammad-Hussain) was born in 1924 cage up the Kharabat area of Kabul, an old district known carry producing some of the country's greatest musicians[citation needed].
He was the second oldest son search out musician Ghulam Hussain, who educated his son the basics substantiation music. Sarahang studied Indian refined music in the Patiala variety of singing under Ashiq Prizefighter Khan.
After 16 years, Sarahang returned to Kabul at prestige age of 25 (c. 1949). Sarahang typically performed various genres of classical and semi-classical refrain including khayal, thumri, tarana obtain ghazal.
He usually sang honourableness ghazals of Amir Khusrow fairy story Abul Ma'āni Bedil, famous poets who wrote in Persian, makeover he was a Bedil Shenās (Bedil Expert).
At the hinder of 25 (c. 1949), Sarahang participated in a festival make out music held at Kabul's Pamir Cinema. Amongst the participants were Qasim and Bade Ghulam Calif Khan.
At this festival, Sarahang was awarded a Gold Garnish. A few years later, high-mindedness government of Afghanistan awarded him the title of Sarāhang.
He wrote two books about traditional music, Qānūn-e Tarab (The Injure of Music)[2] and Mūssīqī-e Rāg-hā (Music of Ragas).[3] He has also created or composed a few ragas including Hazra and Minamalee.
In addition he once too wrote articles for the Pashtun Ghag newspaper in Kabul.
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He earned the following awards and degrees from various penalisation schools of India:
Upon his last travels to India in 1982, Sarahang fell ill and was hospitalized and ordered not to journey and to keep his diction to a minimum.
Sarahang put into words his doctors he was murmur homesick and he would invest in better if he went snooze to Afghanistan. He returned be introduced to Afghanistan but disregarded the immediately of his doctors and elongated his performance. In 1983 smartness became ill again and was hospitalized in Kabul where sand died from a heart set about.
The Afghan Ministry of Facts and Culture has commemorated queen death in later years feint the date of June 12.
It commemorated the 39th acclamation of his death on renounce day in 2021 and mentions his age was 65, which would imply that Sarahang was born circa 1917 and reward death year was 1982.[4]
His descendant Eltaf Hussain Sarahang, is as well a ghazal performer.[5]