Maula Bakhsh Khan

Mjesto: Jullunder

Rođen: 1833

Smrt: 1920

Biografija:

Bastis Master, also known as Maula Bakhsh Khan, was a Qawwal from Basti Sheikh, Jullundur, British India. He was born in 1833 and was the father of Fateh Ali Khan, Mubarak Ali Khan, and Salamat Ali Khan. He was also the grandfather of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, and great-grandfather of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. Bastis Master was highly experienced in Qawwali, being adept in playing the violin, sitar, and harmonium. He was fluent in Urdu and Punjabi, and mastered verses in Persian and Arabic as well. Bastis Master's family were Behsudi and had emigrated to Jullunder in the 1000s during the reign of Mahmud of Ghazni. His family had an unbroken chain of qawwali playing dating back 600 years as they adopted it as a profession. Bastis Master became a Qawwal and had become adept at playing instruments like the sitar. He personally trained his son Fateh Ali Khan in the art of Indian classical music and Qawwali. Bastis Master died in Jullunder in 1920.