Munshi Raziuddin Ahmed Khan
Raziuddin, who was born in Delhi, was a scholar in Persian and Arabic, well read in Hikmat and Mysticism, and became a popular icon.
The distinction of Munshi Raziuddin has been his persistence in keeping traditional qawwali alive. Sarwat Ali writes: "Munshi Raziuddin was the last qawwal in the traditional mould despite tremendous changes that have racked this genre of music. Listening to him was a throwback to a bygone era when qawwali was basically an extension of the creative expression built round the shrine, and even while evolving its own semi-autonomous form, did not sever the umbilical chord with its origins." (Ali 2009) Munshi Raziuddin died in Karachi.
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Allaudin Chohan
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