Jahan-e-Khusrau

{{Short description|Sufi music festival held in New Delhi}}

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| founders = Muzaffar Ali

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Jahan-e-Khusrau (Urdu, Persian: جہاں خسرو, Hindi: जहान-ए-खुसरो) is an annual three-day sufi music festival held in New Delhi, India[http://www.livemint.com/articles/2007/03/27150839/Culture-bonanza-for-Delhiites.html Culture bonanza for Delhiites]. Live Mint, 27 May 2007. to commemorate the death anniversary of the saint Amir Khusrau.[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/asi-sufi-fest-finds-way-into-citys-cultural-calendar/586519/ ASI Sufi fest finds way into city's cultural calendar]

History

Jahan-e-Khusrau was started in the year 2001 by noted film director and artist, Muzaffar Ali.

The festival

The festival is held at Arab ki Sarai, Humayun's Tomb Monuments, Delhi — incidentally, this is where Khusrau started the qawwali music tradition in the 13th century AD.

File:Humayun's Tomb, Delhi, India 2019.jpg

Performers

File:Dastangoi_Oral_storytelling_india.jpg artist reciting the "Dastan-e-Amir Khusrau" - 2017]]

Year - 2001

Dates - 10–11 March

Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi

Artists -

* Rumi Group, IRAN

* Lotfi Bouchnak, TUNISIA

* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN

Year - 2002

Dates - 8 - 9–10 March

Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi

Artists -

* Kabir Helminski, USA

* Drummers from, SUDAN

* Mahasa Vahdat and the Rumi Group, IRAN

* Sultana Chaudhuri, BANGLADESH

* Whirling Dervishes, TURKEY

* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN

* Shubha Mudgal, DELHI

* Ghulam Nabi Namtahali, KASHMIR

* Manjari, LUCKNOW

* Samandar Khan, RAJASTHAN

* Noorul Hasan, LUCKNOW

Year - 2003

Dates - 28 February, 1–2 March

Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi

Artists -

* Masood Habibi & group, IRAN

* Whirling Dervishes, TURKEY

* Hassan Hakmoun, MOROCCO

* Farida Parveen BANGLADESH

* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN

* Zila Khan, DELHI

* Sidi Sufis, GUJARAT

* Ghulam Nabi Namtahali, KASHMIR

* Qutubi Qawwal, DELHI

* Nazeer Khan Warsi, HYDERABAD

* Ghulam Fareed Nizami, DELHI

* Asrar Husain, AJMER

* Muhammad Ahmad Khan Warsi, RAMPUR

* Noorul Hasan, LUCKNOW

Year - 2004

Dates - 26–27 March

Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi

Artists -

* Masood Habibi, IRAN

* Shye BenTzur, ISRAEL

* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN

* Ila Arun, MUMBAI

* Astad Deboo, MUMBAI

* Shubha Mudgal, DELHI

Year - 2005

Dates - 4 - 5–6 March

Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi

Artists -

* Mehmet Kemiksiz, TURKEY

* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN

* Shafqat Ali Khan, PAKISTAN

* Shye BenTzur, ISRAEL

* Azam Ali, USA

* Masood Habibi, IRAN

* Zila Khan, DELHI

* Vidya Rao, DELHI

* Shujaat Husain Khan, DELHI

* Dadi Pudumji, DELHI

Year - 2006

Dates - 4 - 5–6 March

Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi

Year - 2007

Dates - 30–31 March & 1 April

Venue - Quli Khan's Tomb, Mehrauli Archeological Park, New Delhi

Artists -

* Wendy Jehlan, USA

* Sussan Deyhim, USA

* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN

* Malini Awasthi, LUCKNOW

* Shauqat Ali & Group, LUDHIANA

* Jaaved Jaaferi, MUMBAI

* Rekha Bhardwaj, MUMBAI

* Meeta Pandit, DELHI

* Nizami Brothers, DELHI

Year - 2008 Jahan e Khusrau was not held

Year - 2009

Date - 19 October

Venue - SKICC, Shrinagar, Kashmir

Year - 2010

Dates - 26 - 27 - 28 Feb

Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi

Artists -

* Tamboura Troupe, EGYPT

* Omar Faruk Ttekbelik, USA

* Masaka Ono, JAPAN

* Sanam Marvi, PAKISTAN[http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/article108851.ece Messenger of peace], The Hindu

* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN

* Malini Awasthi, LUCKNOW

* Samandar Khan, RAJASTHAN

* Rabbi Shergill, PUNJAB

* Astad Deboo, MUMBAI

* Radhika Chopra, DELHI

Year - 2011

Dates - 15–16 & 17 April

Venue - Southbank Centre, London

Year - 2011

Dates - 11–13 March

Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi

Artists -

* Azalea Ray, CANADA

* Dalahoo Ensemble, IRAN

* Shafqat Ali Khan, PAKISTAN

* Sami Brothers, PAKISTAN

* Manjari, LUCKNOW

* Wajahat Husain Badayuni, UTTAR PRADESH

* Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan, DELHI

* Hans raj Hans, PUNJAB

* Malini Awasthi, LUCKNOW

* Chand Nizami, DELHI

Year - 2012

Dates - 2 - 3–4 March

Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi

Artists -

* Andrea Grmmelli, ITALY

* Ali Zafar, PAKISTAN

* Shafqat Ali Khan, PAKISTAN

* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN

* Zia Nath, MUMBAI

* Indira Naik, MUMBAI

* Murad Ali, LUCKNOW

* Vidhi Sharma, DELHI

* Rajesh Pandey, DELHI

* Shivani Varma, DELHI

* Hans raj Hans, PUNJAB

Year - 2012

Dates - 21–22 October

Venue - Central Park, Jaipur

Year - 2013

Dates - 1- 2–3 March

Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi

Artists -

* Mercan Dede, CANADA

* Shafqat Ali Khan, PAKISTAN

* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN

* Sonam Kalra, DELHI

* Malini Awasthi, LUCKNOW

* Astha Dikshit, DELHI

* Deveshi Sehgal, DELHI

Year - 2013

Dates - 5–6 October

Venue - Central Park, Jaipur

Year - 2017

Dates - 24 - 25–26 March

Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi

Artists -

* Hans raj Hans, PUNJAB

* Sonam Kalra, DELHI

* Malini Awasthi, LUCKNOW

* Ustad Iqbal Ahmad Khan, DELHI

* Deveshi Sehgal, DELHI

* Syed Sahil Agha, DELHI

* Daler Mehndi, PUNJAB

Year - 2018

Dates - 9 - 10–11 March

Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi

Artists -

YAMUNA - Dariya Prem Ka : Part 1

A dance ballet directed by Muzaffar Ali,

*Barnali Chatopadhyya, *Archana Shah, *Astha Dixit & Group.

* Aalamato Group, Iran

* Malini Awasthi, Lucknow

* Kanwar Grewal, Punjab

* World Ethnic Music Ensemble with Murad Ali

* Pooja Ghaitonde, Mumbai

* Barnal Chatopadhyya, Kolkata

* Kailash Kher's Kailasa, Mumbai

YAMUNA - Dariya Prem Ka : Part 2

* Shuba Mudgal, Delhi

* Syed Sahil Agha, Delhi

* Hans Raj Hans, Punjab

Year - 2019

Dates - 8 - 9–10 March

Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi

Artists -

* Minu Bakshi, Delhi

* Ganganama - The Circle of Life

Sanjukta Sinha & Kadamb Ensemble

* Satinder Sartaj, Punjab

* Roohani Sisters, Delhi

* Kanwar Grewal, Punjab

* Shahid Niyati & Sami Niyati, Rampur

* Syed Sahil Agha, Delhi

* Javed Ali, Mumbai

See also

References

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