Manzoor Ali Khan

Manzoor Ali Khan Latif Award PP
استاد منظور علي خان
Born	1922 Shikarpur, Sindh, Pakistan
Died	9 September 1980(1980-09-09) (aged 57–58) Tando Adam Khan, Sindh, Pakistan
Occupation	Classical music singer
Years active	1940–1980
Awards	Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1978

Ustad Manzoor Ali Khan (Sindhi: استاد منظور علي خان) (1922 – 9 September 1980) was a Pakistani singer belonging to the Gwalior gharana singing style, one of the oldest singing traditions in Hindustani classical music. Born in Shikarpur, Sindh, Pakistan, he was the first classical musician of the twentieth century who knew about the regional music of Sindh.^{[citation needed]}

Early life

Manzoor's father had migrated from

Punjab, British India and came to live at Khairpur,^[1] Sindh because of the ruling Talpurs, who were quite fond of his music. In a short period of time, the family shifted to Shikarpur.^[2]

Manzoor was born in 1922 in Shikarpur, Sindh, Pakistan. He studied there up to secondary school level and later moved to Tando Adam Khan with his father in 1940.^[2]^[3]

Musical career

Manzoor Ali Khan took musical lessons from his father, Jamalo Khan and another musician Seendho Khan.

Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation Karachi and then at Hyderabad since 1955, and Pakistan Television Corporation Karachi center in the same years. Many cassette companies have released the volumes of his programs.^[3]

Mother tongue

His mother tongue was Punjabi, however he used to speak and write in Sindhi. His children also received education in Sindhi language.^[2]

Awards

Manzoor Ali Khan received several awards. He was honored with the title of "Bahar-e-Moseeqi" by

Makhdoom Talib ul Mola at the Urs of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai in 1960.^[2]

Government of Pakistan awarded him "Tamgha-e-Husne Karkardagi" (Pride of Performance) in 1978.^[6]

Death and legacy

He died from a heart attack on 9 September 1980.^[3]^[1]^[7]

In December 2010, Sindh Minister for Culture Sassui Palijo, paying tributes to Manzoor Ali Khan, called him the symbol and identity of Sindhi classical music.^[5]

Former

Sufi poets of Sindh including Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai.^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Classical singer Ustad Manzoor Ali Khan remembered Dawn (newspaper), Published 9 November 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2019
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "اUstad Manzoor Ali Khan". encyclopediasindhiana.org. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Faizan Hashmi (7 September 2016). "36 Death Anniversary Of Ustad Manzoor Ali Khan To Be Observed On September 8". urdupoint.com website. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
^ "The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia : the Indian subcontinent". google.com.pk. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b Book on Manzoor Ali Khan launched Dawn (newspaper), Published 8 December 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2019
^ "Tando Adam Khan". dostpakistan.pk. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
^ "38th death anniversary of renowned singer Ustad Manzoor Ali Khan today". The Sindh Times (newspaper). 9 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2019.

Arts
1950s	(1958) (1958) (1958) Professor (1958)
1960s	(1960) (1960) (1960) (1962) (1962) (1962) (1962) (1963) (1963) (1965) (1965) (1965) (1965) (1965) (1965) (1966) (1966) Khwaja Moinuddin (1966) Ayat Ali Khan (1966) Ustad Haji Mohammad Sharif (1967) (1967) Rafi Peer (1967) (1968) (1968) (1969) (1969) (1969) Umeed Ali Khan (1969) (1969) (1969)
1970s	(1970) (1970) (1970) (1970) (1971) (1971) (1974) (1977) (1978) (1978) Ustad Manzoor Ali Khan (1978) (1978) (1978) (1979) (1979) Kishwar Sultan (1979) Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (Sitar Nawaz) (1979) (1979) (1979) Mureed Buledi (1979) (1979) (1979) Mohammad Azam Chishti (1979) (1979) (1979)
1980s	(1980) (1980) (1980) (1980) (1980) Aazar Zubi (1980) (1980) (1980) (1981) (1981) Mansoor Tabish (1981) Qari Syed Ali Sharfuddin Yemni (1981) Nanhe Ali Khan (music performer)) (1981) (1981) Alexander Robert (1981) (1981) (1981) (1982) Qari Ubaidur Rehman (1982) (1982) (1982) (1982) (1983) Ustad Nazar Hussain (1983) (1983) Qari (1984) (1984) (1984) (1984) (1985) Ustad Chhote Ghulam Ali Khan (1985) (1985) (1985) (1985) (1985) (1985) (1985) (1985) (1986) (1986) (1986) (1986) (1986) (1986) (1986) (1986) (1987) Ustad Abdul Majeed Dehlvi (1987) (1987) (1987) Sain Akhtar Hussain (1987) Qari Izhar Ahmed Thanvi (1987) Shaista Zaid (1988) (1988) (1988) (1988) (1988) Ustad Kabir Khan (1989) (1989) (1989) (1989) (1989) Jameel Bismil (1989) (1989) Ameer Khan (1989) Amjad Hussain (1989) (1989) (1989) (1989) (1989) (1989) (1989)
1990s	(1990) (1990) Khalid Hameed Baig (1990) (1990) Ustad Sadiq Ali Khan Mando (1990) Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (Gwalior gharana) (1990) (1990) Qari Mohammad Fida (1990) (1990) (1990) (1990) (1991) Khursheed Alam known as Gohar Qalam (1991) (1991) (1991) (1991) (1992) (1992) Noor Mohammad Lashari (1992) (1992) (1992) (1992) (1992) (1992) (1992) (1992) (1992) (1992) (1993) Ismail Shahid (1993) (1993) (1993) (1993) Syed Manzoorul Kaunain (1993) Qari Syed Buzurg Shah Al-Azhari (1993) (1993) (1993) (1994) (1994) Shahid Jalal (1994) Qari Mohammad Younus (1994) Qari Syed Ali Abid Naqvi (1994) (1994) (1994) Hamid Ali Bela (1994) (1994) (1994) (1994) (1994) (1994)) (1994) (1994)) (1994) (1994) (1995) Ustad Talib Hussain Khan (1995) (1995) (1995) (1995) (1995) (1995) (1996) Mashooq Sultan (1996) (1996) (1996) Qari Noor Mohammad (1996) (1996) (1996) (1996) (1996) (1997) (1997) (1997) (1997) (1997) (1998) (1998) (1999) (1999) (1999) (1999) (1999) (1999) (1999) (1999) (1999) (1999)
2000s	(2000) (2000) (2001) (2001) (2002) (2002) (2002) (2002) (2002) (2002) (2002) (2003) (2003) Syed Afzal Hussain (2003) (2003) Abdul Aziz Baloch (2003) Ghulam Mustafa (2003) Majeed Khan (sarangi player) (2003) (2003) (2003) (2003) (2004) (2004) Mahtab Akbar Rashdi (2004) Chishty Bin Subh-o-Mujahid (2004) Navid Shahzad (2004) (2004) S. M. Naqi (2004) Haji Atta Muhammad (2004) Moin Niazi (2004) (2004) (2004) (2004) Samiur Rahman (2004) (2004) (2005) (2005) (2005) (2005) (2005) (2005) (2005) (2006) (2006) (2006) (2006) (2006) (2006) (2006) Ustad Qamar uz Zaman (2006) (2006) (2006) (2006) (2006) (2006) (2006) (2006) (2007) (2007) (2007) (2007) (2007) (2007) (2008) Akhtar Munir (2008) Gopal Das (2008) Haji Mehr Ali (2008) Haji Sher Ali (2008) Nahid Raza (2008) Gul Bahar Bano (2008) Mujahid Hussain (2008) Rasheed Malik (2008) (2008) Abdul Karim Balouch (2008) (2008) M. Hanif Raza (2008) Nasreen Askari (2008) (2008) Mansoor Rahi (2008) (2008) (2008) (2009) (2009) Muhammad Younus Khan (2009) Emanuel Philip (2009) (2009) Shabbir Hussain (2009) Manzoor Hussain (2009) Parveen Nazzar (2009) Javaid Tufail Niazi (2009) Babar Ali Niazi (2009) Hajra Mansoor (2009) (2009) (2009) Khalifa Muhammad Irshad Beg (2009) Naseem Sultan (2009) (2009) Sahib Dino Mallah (2009) Satish Chandra Anand (2009) Rubeena Malik (2009) (2009) Muhammad Gul (2009) Mehnaz Hyat (2009) Abdul Qadir (2009) (2009) (2009) (2009)
2010s	(2010) (2010) (2010) Zulfiqar Ali (2010) (2010) (2010) (2010) (2010) (2010) (2010) (2010) (2011) (2011) (2011) (2011) S. Amjad Bukhari (2011) (2011) S.H. Qasim Jalali (2011) (2011) (2011) Ustad Hussain Bukhsh Gullu (2011) (2011) Ustad Muhammad Alam (2011) Ustad (2011) Wazir Afzal (2011) Zafar Kazmi (2011) (2011) (2012) Mohsin Gillani (2012) (2012) (2012) (2012) (2012) Rahat Naveed Masud (2012) (2012) (2012) (2013) Muhammad Ajmal Khan (2013) (2013) (2013) (2013) (2013) (2013) Shahid Abdullah (2014) Ustad Shafiquz Zaman Khan (2014) (2014) (2014) (2014) (2015) (2015) (2015) (2016) (2016) (2016) (2016) (2016) (2016) (2017) (2017) (2017) Rashid Mehmood (2017) (2017) (2017) (2018) (2018) (2018) (2018) (2018) (2018) (2018) (2018) (2018) (2018) (2019) (2019) (2019) (2019) (2019) (2019)
2020s	Deeba (2020) Ghulam Mohiuddin (2020) Sahir Ali Bagga (2020) Waris Baig (2020) Ghulam Abbas 2020 Saieen Zahoor (2020) Fareed Ayaz (2020) Sarmad Sehbai (2021) Resham (2021) Khalid Masud Gondal (2021) Muhammad Javed (2022) Hafeez Tahir (2023) Sangeeta (2023) Sher Miandad Khan (2023) Ustad Tafu (2023) Anjuman (2023)

v t e Latif Award
2004s	Mazhar Hussain & Zulfiqar Ali (singers) Atta Mohammad Bhambhro (research) Nabi Bakhsh Khan Baloch (lifetime achievement) Manzoor Ali Khan (singer) Muhammad Juman (singer) Master Muhammad Ibrahim
2008s	Abdullah Panhwar (Latif Ragh) Ghulam Muhammad,(Banjo player) Bhano Khan Shaikh (Research) Allah Dino Nizamani (Shah Jo Ragi)
2011s	Faqeer Pir Bux Soomro (Shah's singer) Mohammad Hussain Kashif (posthumously, research award) Mohammad Hassan Mallah (instrumentalist) Sanam Marvi (singer) Waryam Faqeer (folk poetry)
2015s	Syed Gadda Hussain (Shah's raagi) Taj Mastani (artist) Haji Ali Nawaz (sughar) Nawaz Mohamamd Achar (musician) Abdul-Majid Bhurgri
2016s	Ernest Trumpp (posthumously awarded) Mai Dhai (folk singing) Abdul Hameed Akhund (extra ordinary services) Karam Hussain (Musician) Ali Gul (Folk poetry) Madad Ali Jat (Shah's singer) Prof. Ghulam Mohammad Lakho (research) Abdul Qadir Junejo (Writer) Dr. Ahsan Danish (research)
2017s	Faqir Manthar Junejo and Allah Dino Junejo (Bhital's raagis) Abdul Shakoor (instrumentalist) Jami Chandio (researcher) Qasim Rahimoon (sughar) Yasir Qazi, (compere) Amar Fayaz Buriro (extra ordinary service) Shabir Kumbhar (extra ordinary service) Master Intikhab Burdi and baby Rahat Burdi (who memorized Shah's kalam) Nadir Ali Jamali (who produced Bhittai's statue)
2018s	Faqir Jawan Chhajro (Shah's singer) Rashid Hyderi (Artist) Zulfiqar Lund (Instrumentalist) Mamoor Yousfani (researcher posthumously) Dr. Sher Mahrani (research) Taj Mohammad (folk poetry) Bakhshan Mahranvi (compare) Eeshwar Das Mandnani (Special award)