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Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (???? - 1964) was the father of Qawwali musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. His family (originally from Afghanistan) had an unbroken tradition of Qawwali for 600 years. He was born in Punjab and trained in the art of Qawwali as a young boy and soon distinguished himself as a great musicologist, vocalist and insrumentalist of the yesteryears. He made his debut as a qawwali musician in Director (1947). The following year, his son was born in Lyallpur. He wanted his son (the legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) to become a doctor because qawwali was a challenging skill to learn. Nusrat showed such interest and aptitude for qawwali that he soon relented and began training him. But sadly, he died after an illness in 1964 when Nusrat was 16 and still in school. The training was completed by his brother, Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan.

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