Khamiso Khan

Pakistani folk artist, alghoza player (1923–1983)

خميسو خان‎Born1923

Tando Muhammad Khan, Sindh, British India

Died8 March 1983(1983-03-08) (aged 59–60)

Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan

OccupationInstrumental musician (alghoza player)ChildrenAkbar Khamiso KhanAwardsPride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan (1979)

Khamiso Khan (Sindhi: خميسو خان‎; 1923–1983) was a Sindhi folk musician and alghoza player from Sindh, Pakistan.^[1]

Personal life

Khamiso Khan was born in 1923 at Tando Muhammad Khan city,^[2] of Tando Muhammad Khan District, Sindh, Pakistan. His son Akbar Khamiso Khan is also a notable Alghoza player.^[1]^[3]

Career

Khamiso Khan was a contemporary of another notable alghoza player Misri Khan Jamali.^[4] Mostly, he played typical Sindhi folk and classical music on alghoza.^[5]

He was associated with Radio Pakistan, Hyderabad, Sindh as a folk artist for 18 years. Khamiso Khan had performed at many events when touring Europe and America before his death. When Khamiso died of a heart attack, president Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq paid him a tribute in a presidential message that his death was a great loss for folk music in Pakistan.^[6]

Awards and recognition

Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1979.^[6]

Death

Khamiso Khan died after a heart attack on 8 March 1983 at Hyderabad, Pakistan.^[6]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Shoaib Ahmed (12 December 2015). "Mystic Music Sufi Festival kicks off". Dawn newspaper. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b "خميسو خان : (Sindhianaسنڌيانا)". Encyclopediasindhiana.org (in Sindhi). Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
^ "Quaidian Sindh Forum holds a family music gala". Daily Times newspaper. 25 February 2018. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
^ Levinson, David; Christensen, Karen (2002). Khamiso Khan on Encyclopedia of Modern Asia (Volume 1, Page 82). Charles Scribner's Sons via GoogleBooks. ISBN 978-0-684-31242-2.
^ Altaf Gauhar (1967). Twenty Years of Pakistan, 1947-67. Pakistan Publications, 1967 - The University of Michigan Library (digitized 31 May 2006) via Google Books website. p. 614.
^ ^a ^b ^c Renowned Alghoza Player Khamiso Khan Passes Away. Pakistan Affairs magazine - Volumes 33-37, Information Division, Embassy of Pakistan via GoogleBooks. 1983.