Canadian and/or American white Qawwali singer Tahir Faridi and his group sing Meera bhajan Tum Bin Mori Kaun Khabar Le & Lagi Lagan Man Ke Mohan qawwali
First some background on Sufi Tahir Faridi Qawwal and the Sufi devotional music group he leads, Fanna-Fi-Allah. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanna-Fi-Allah :
Fanna-Fi-Allah (Urdu: فنا فی الله) is a Canadian-American group which plays Qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia. It consists of seven members. Group leader Tahir Faridi Qawwal (formerly Geoffrey Lyons), originally from Nova Scotia, has studied music from some of the greatest qawwali masters in Pakistan and India over many years. Aminah Chishti is the student of Ustad Dildar Hussain (who played with the legend Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan for more than 17 years) and is the first female tabla player to be initiated into the lineage of Qawwali. The group are ambassadors of sufi qawwali music in the west.
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Ravi: It gives me great joy to see these Canadian and/or American citizens, some being white origin, and some perhaps having Indian or Pakistani (South Asian) origin, perform Sufi devotional music with a lot of heart and lot of skill. They sing in Hindi!!! Including Tahir Faridi (formerly Geoffery Lyons)!!! I loved it.
I wish this group Fanna-Fi-Allah all the very best and thank them for the joy they have given me and others.
Here's Tahir Faridi and a white lady singing Tum bin mori kaun khabar le (Meera bhajan): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieT2jamTPYk, 7 min. 55 secs, published by Fanna-Fi-Allah on 11th Oct. 2010.
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Here's info. on Dargah Mehrauli Sharif from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qutbuddin_Bakhtiar_Kaki
Qutb ul Aqtab Hazrat Khwaja Sayyid Muhammad Bakhtiyar AlHussaini Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki (born 1173-died 1235) was a Muslim Sufi mystic, saint and scholar of the Chishti Order from Delhi, in what is now India. He was the disciple and the spiritual successor of Moinuddin Chishti as head of the Chishti order, and the person to whom the Qutb Minar, Delhi is dedicated. Before him the Chishti order in India was confined to Ajmer and Nagaur. He played a major role in establishing the order securely in Delhi. His dargah located adjacent to Zafar Mahal in Mehrauli, and the oldest dargah in Delhi, is also the venue of his annual Urs festivities. The Urs was held in high regard by many rulers of Delhi like Qutbuddin Aibak, Iltutmish who built a nearby stepwell, Gandhak ki Baoli for him, Sher Shah Suri who built a grand gateway, Bahadur Shah I who built the Moti Masjid mosque nearby and Farrukhsiyar who added a marble screen and a mosque.
His most famous disciple and spiritual successor was Fariduddin Ganjshakar, who in turn became the spiritual master of Delhi's noted Sufi saint, Nizamuddin Auliya, who himself was the spiritual master of Amir Khusrau and Nasiruddin Chirag-e-Delhi.
Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki had much influence on Sufism in India. As he continued and developed the traditional ideas of universal brotherhood and charity within the Chisti order, a new dimension of Islam started opening up in India which had hitherto not been present. He forms an important part of the Sufi movement which attracted many people to Islam in India in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. People of every religions like Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, etc. visiting every week at Dargah.
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Here's Tahir Faridi and two other white gentlemen from his group singing along with what seems to me to be locals of the Mehrauli Dargah Sharif in Delhi, in the simple and plain setting of what seems to be an outer courtyard of the Mehrauli Dargah: Lagi Lagan Man Ke Mohan Qawwali at Dargah Mehroli Sharif by Tahir Faridi & Party, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHiLYgHDSDU, 16 min. 28 secs, published by Fanna-Fi-Allah on 3rd April 2015. Even though the setting is simple and plain, it struck me as being devotionally powerful. For me the devotional emotion/feeling (bhava) is as important as the music and vocal quality of song. The youtube video description says that the qawwali was composed by Ustad Hafiz Miandad Khan.
This seems to be the same song but done in a posh and musically well equipped setup: Laggi Lagan by Tahir Faridi Qawwal & Party India on Saregama Sufi, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdQfD8FZBlU, 10 min 46 secs.
Fanna-Fi-Allah (Urdu: فنا فی الله) is a Canadian-American group which plays Qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia. It consists of seven members. Group leader Tahir Faridi Qawwal (formerly Geoffrey Lyons), originally from Nova Scotia, has studied music from some of the greatest qawwali masters in Pakistan and India over many years. Aminah Chishti is the student of Ustad Dildar Hussain (who played with the legend Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan for more than 17 years) and is the first female tabla player to be initiated into the lineage of Qawwali. The group are ambassadors of sufi qawwali music in the west.
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Ravi: It gives me great joy to see these Canadian and/or American citizens, some being white origin, and some perhaps having Indian or Pakistani (South Asian) origin, perform Sufi devotional music with a lot of heart and lot of skill. They sing in Hindi!!! Including Tahir Faridi (formerly Geoffery Lyons)!!! I loved it.
I wish this group Fanna-Fi-Allah all the very best and thank them for the joy they have given me and others.
Here's Tahir Faridi and a white lady singing Tum bin mori kaun khabar le (Meera bhajan): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieT2jamTPYk, 7 min. 55 secs, published by Fanna-Fi-Allah on 11th Oct. 2010.
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Here's info. on Dargah Mehrauli Sharif from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qutbuddin_Bakhtiar_Kaki
Qutb ul Aqtab Hazrat Khwaja Sayyid Muhammad Bakhtiyar AlHussaini Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki (born 1173-died 1235) was a Muslim Sufi mystic, saint and scholar of the Chishti Order from Delhi, in what is now India. He was the disciple and the spiritual successor of Moinuddin Chishti as head of the Chishti order, and the person to whom the Qutb Minar, Delhi is dedicated. Before him the Chishti order in India was confined to Ajmer and Nagaur. He played a major role in establishing the order securely in Delhi. His dargah located adjacent to Zafar Mahal in Mehrauli, and the oldest dargah in Delhi, is also the venue of his annual Urs festivities. The Urs was held in high regard by many rulers of Delhi like Qutbuddin Aibak, Iltutmish who built a nearby stepwell, Gandhak ki Baoli for him, Sher Shah Suri who built a grand gateway, Bahadur Shah I who built the Moti Masjid mosque nearby and Farrukhsiyar who added a marble screen and a mosque.
His most famous disciple and spiritual successor was Fariduddin Ganjshakar, who in turn became the spiritual master of Delhi's noted Sufi saint, Nizamuddin Auliya, who himself was the spiritual master of Amir Khusrau and Nasiruddin Chirag-e-Delhi.
Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki had much influence on Sufism in India. As he continued and developed the traditional ideas of universal brotherhood and charity within the Chisti order, a new dimension of Islam started opening up in India which had hitherto not been present. He forms an important part of the Sufi movement which attracted many people to Islam in India in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. People of every religions like Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, etc. visiting every week at Dargah.
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Here's Tahir Faridi and two other white gentlemen from his group singing along with what seems to me to be locals of the Mehrauli Dargah Sharif in Delhi, in the simple and plain setting of what seems to be an outer courtyard of the Mehrauli Dargah: Lagi Lagan Man Ke Mohan Qawwali at Dargah Mehroli Sharif by Tahir Faridi & Party, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHiLYgHDSDU, 16 min. 28 secs, published by Fanna-Fi-Allah on 3rd April 2015. Even though the setting is simple and plain, it struck me as being devotionally powerful. For me the devotional emotion/feeling (bhava) is as important as the music and vocal quality of song. The youtube video description says that the qawwali was composed by Ustad Hafiz Miandad Khan.
This seems to be the same song but done in a posh and musically well equipped setup: Laggi Lagan by Tahir Faridi Qawwal & Party India on Saregama Sufi, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdQfD8FZBlU, 10 min 46 secs.
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