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Mehdi Hassan
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Pakistani singer (1927–2012)
OverviewAI-generated
Mehdi Hassan was a male singer from Pakistan, formerly part of the British Raj, who performed classical music, filmi, and ghazal genres. His career spanned from 1957 to 1999, utilizing his voice as his primary instrument. He was a Muslim and is known by the name مہدی حسن in his native language.
Hassan received several awards, including the Pride of Performance, Nigar Awards, Hilal-i-Imtiaz, and Sitara-i-Imtiaz. He died of natural causes due to an infectious disease in Karachi on June 13, 2012. He was born on July 18, 1927.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Pakistan
- Active from
- 1927
- Active to
- 2012
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 24,868
- Total plays
- 490,216
Tags
Mehdi Hassan (Urdu: مہدی حسن), respectfully called Khan Sahib and titled as "Shahenshah-e-Ghazal" (English: King of Ghazals), was a prolific Pakistani ghazal singer and a former film-playback singer. Mehdi Hassan was born in the village of Luna in Rajasthan, India in 1927 into a family of rich traditional musicians. He claimed to be the 16th generation of hereditary musicians hailing from the Kalawant. Mehdi Hassan received his musical training and grooming under his father <a href="https://www
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mehdi
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- British Raj
- Place of birth
- Luna
- Place of death
- Karachi
- Occupation
- singer
- Religion
- Islam
- Award
- Sitara-i-Imtiaz
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.mehdihassan.com
Show 7 more facts
- date of death
- 2012-06-13
- date of birth
- 1927-07-18
- cause of death
- infectious disease
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
- name in native language
- مہدی حسن
- end of work period
- 1999-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
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