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qawwali
thumb|Qawwali at Ajmer Sharif Dargah Qawwali is a form of Sufi Islamic devotional singing originating in South Asia. Originally performed at Sufi shrines throughout the Indian subcontinent, it is famous throughout Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan and has also gained mainstream popularity and an international audience as of the late 20th century.
ney
The ney ( ; ) is an end-blown flute that figures prominently in traditional Kurdish, Persian, Turkish, Jewish, Arab, and Egyptian music. In some of these musical traditions, it is the only wind instrument used. The ney has been played for over 4,500 years, dating back to ancient Egypt, making it one of the oldest musical instruments still in use.
daf
Daf (), also known as dâyere and riq, is an Iranian frame drum musical instrument, also used in popular and classical music in Persian-influenced South and Central Asia, such as in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, Turkey many regions of Georgia, Armenia, Pakistan as well as in parts of India and Russian polar regions. It is also popular among Balkans, Caucasians, Bukharan Jews, Kurds, and Macedonians.
ashik
thumb|Ashik Ağalar Mikayılov playing the saz thumb|Ashugh Jivani (center, playing the kamani) with instrumentalists right|200px|thumbnail|Soviet Union|Soviet stamp from 1962 devoted to [[Sayat-Nova's 250 anniversary]]
ektara
thumb|An Ektara from Bangladesh
Gnawa music
music genre
Aissawa
Sufi order in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia
falak
music genre
Kafi
Kafi is a classical form of Sufi music in the Punjabi and Sindhi languages that originated from the Punjab and Sindh regions of South Asia. Some well-known Kafi poets are Baba Farid, Bulleh Shah, Shah Hussain, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Sachal Sarmast and Khwaja Ghulam Farid. This poetry style has also lent itself to the Kafi genre of singing, popular throughout South Asia, especially Pakistan, Bangladesh and India. Over the years, both Kafi poetry and its rendition have experienced rapid growth phases as various poets and vocalists added their own influences to the form, creating a rich and va
choghur
The choghur (; ) is a plucked string musical instrument common in Azerbaijan and Georgia. It has 4 nylon strings.
Sufi rock
genre that combines rock music with classical Islamic sufi traditions
Shafqat Amanat Ali
Pakistani singer
Madih nabawi
religious genre of Arabic music
Sufi music
devotional music of the Sufis
Turkish ney
reed flute
Patiala gharana
classical music vocal traditional singing style
Hidayat Inayat Khan
British composer (1917-2016)
Roohani Sisters
Female sufi singers
Ömer Tuğrul İnançer
Turkish attorney and musician (1946–2022)
Ali Sethi
Pakistani musician and writer (born 1984)
Shuja Haider
Pakistani singer
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