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Isha De Rog Vol 3 — Pakistani Sufi Qawwali MP3
Volume 3 of Isha De Rog represents a deepening of the documentary project. By the third session, the range of kalam covered and the variety of performance approaches within Badar Miandad Khan's style become more visible. His great English, Urdu, Punjabi and Hindi language skills off the stage reflect a performer who understood the literary traditions he was working within rather than treating them as phonetic material to be performed without comprehension. His qawwali recordings are filled with sofiyana kalam of the great poets — Bulleh Shah, Shah Hussain, Sultan Bahu — and the understanding shows.
The Regional Tradition He Represents
iRulz has enormously arranged a huge collection of all his famous qawwalis, recognizing that his work represents a regional tradition that has been underserved by the commercial recording industry's focus on internationally marketable artists. His contemporaries Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan received the international distribution infrastructure that Badar Miandad Khan did not, but within the domestic Pakistani tradition his reputation among practitioners and aficionados is consistent and long-standing. Sher Miandad Khan's family recordings offer a related lineage for comparison.
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FAQ
What is Sultan Bahu's significance in sufi poetry? Sultan Bahu (1628–1691) was a Punjabi sufi of the Qadiri order whose Punjabi kafi poetry is among the most widely performed in Pakistani qawwali and devotional music generally.
Why don't more people know Badar Miandad Khan internationally? International recognition in world music has historically depended on access to specific distribution networks and on alignment with what Western audiences expected from South Asian devotional music. His career was oriented toward a different audience.
Are the three volumes in the Isha De Rog series connected? They document the same artist and the same thematic territory across different recording sessions. They can be listened to independently or as a connected sequence.
You may also enjoy the qawwali of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, and Sher Miandad Khan. Listen to more qawwali of Ustad Badar Miandad Khan.