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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

real name Pervez Fateh Ali Khan

Faisalabad, Pakistan · 1948-10-13 – 1997-08-16

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is credited on 538 releases across 163 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1978–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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538

Credits

163

Albums

6

Decades active

146

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World-renowned Pakistani musician, primarily a singer of Qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis (a mystical tradition within Islam). Nusrat's family has an unbroken tradition of performing Qawwali for approximately 600 years.
Born October 13, 1948, Lyallpur, Punjab, Pakistan; died August 16, 1997, Cromwell Hospital, London, England.
Older brother of Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, cousin of Mujahid Mubarak Ali Khan and uncle of Rahat Ali Khan.

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538 releases · 163 albums · active 1978–2026

  • Performance · 658
  • Other credits · 221
  • Production · 10

Studios: Real World Studios · Fair Deal Recording Studios · Sargam Studio · South Beach Studios

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