Musharaff Moulamia Khan was born in
Baroda
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(India) on 6 September 1895 and died in
The Hague
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(Netherlands) on 30 November 1967. Не was the youngest brother of
Inayat Khan
Inayat Khan Rehmat Khan ( ur, ) (5 July 1882 – 5 February 1927) was an Indian professor of musicology, singer, exponent of the saraswati vina, poet, philosopher, and pioneer of the transmission of Sufism to the West. At the urging of his ...
, and shared his delight in music. While in his teens he had just come to
Calcutta
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to study and be under the influence of his brother when Inayat was called away to America, and Musharaff was left alone. Within a year, however, he also journeyed to the west, where he joined Inayat and became one of 'The Royal Musicians of Hindustan.'
In the west, Musharaff took up the western method of vocal production and developed a strong tenor voice. To adapt to western business ways and make a career of music, though, was not so easy. In the words of Inayat, "After many years of his stay in the West, Musharaff kept to the East just the same, in his way of looking at things and especially in living in eternity."
Musharaff was married twice, once to Savitri van Rossum du Chattel, who died in India in 1946, and a second time, to Shahzadi de Koningh, with whom he lived in The Hague and who survived his death in 1967.
On the death of Pir-o-Murshid Ali Khan in 1958, Pir-o-Murshid Musharaff assumed the leadership of the Inayati Order, Sufi Order International.
[South Asian Sufis: Devotion, Deviation, and Destiny by Clinton Bennett, Charles M. Ramsey. A&C Black, 2012. 318 p.]
Music
LP recordings:
Musharaff Khan - "The sacred river Narmada (mp3) (1925)"* "Moloud"(Sama Songs of Hazrat Inayat Khan) Kungl Hovmusikhandel Svala & Soderlund. Stockholm. Sweden. 1950
* "Bhajan or Sangitha"(Sama Songs of Hazrat Inayat Khan) Kungl Hovmusikhandel Svala & Soderlund. Stockholm. Sweden. 1950
* "Derwish Song or Tarana"(Sama Songs of Hazrat Inayat Khan) Kungl Hovmusikhandel Svala & Soderlund. Stockholm. Sweden. 1950
* "Yogia or Dawnn Song by Balakastan"(Sama Songs of Hazrat Inayat Khan) Kungl Hovmusikhandel Svala & Soderlund. Stockholm. Sweden. 1950
* "ParaMahatma"(Sama Songs of Hazrat Inayat Khan) Kungl Hovmusikhandel Svala & Soderlund. Stockholm. Sweden. 1950
*"Sufi Songs", sung by Pir-o-Murshid Musharaff Khan accompanied by Hakeem van Lohuizen (piano) Promoted by International Headquarters of the Sufi Movement, Geneva, 1968. (13:40)
Books
* Pages in the Life of a Sufi. Reflections and Reminiscences, Etc. [With a Portrait.]. Musharraf Mu'allimīyah Khān. Rider & Company, 1932. 128pp.
* Musharaff Moulamia Khan "Pages in the life of a Sufi", Den Haag - East West Publications, 1982. 155pp. . Third Edition.
* Musharaff Moulamia Khan "Pages in the life of a Sufi", Moscow (Russian translation) - Sfera Publishers, 2002. 148pp.
* Musharaff Moulamia Khan "Der Zauber Indiens - Aus dem Leben eines Sufi", Weinstadt - Verlag Heilbronn, 2014, 208 Seiten,
About him
* Heinrich Orlov. Music tree. H. A. Frager & Co. "Soviet composer". Washington - St. Petersburg. 1992. (pp. 81 and 393)
* Indian Classical Music And Gharana Tradition by R. C. Mehta. Publisher: Readworthy Publications Pvt Ltd; (2011) Chapter 8 ASIN B005QCXZ9K
References
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1895 births
1967 deaths
Indian Muslims
20th-century Indian male classical singers
Performers of Sufi music
Ināyati Sufis