Sadarang (1670–1748) was the

pen name A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen na ...

of the Hindustani musical

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Def ...

and artist Naimat Khan, who was active in the eighteenth century. He and his nephew

Adarang Feroze Khan, who used the pen name Adarang, was a Hindustani musical composer and artist. Career Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah patronized Adarang, who revolutionized Hindustani classical music through propagation of Khayal. In the context of Sitar ...

changed the

Khayal Khyal or Khayal (ख़याल / خیال) is a major form of Hindustani classical music in the Indian subcontinent. Its name comes from a Persian/Arabic word meaning "imagination". Khyal is associated with romantic poetry, and allows the perfo ...

style of Hindustani music into the form performed today. Naimat Khan composed Khyal for his disciples and he never performed Khyal. Sadarang served in the court of Mughal Emperor

Muhammad Shah Mirza Nasir-ud-Din Muḥammad Shah (born Roshan Akhtar; 7 August 1702 – 26 April 1748) was the 13th Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1719 to 1748. He was son of Khujista Akhtar, the fourth son of Bahadur Shah I. After being chosen by the ...

(ruled 1719-1748). Sadarang and

remain influential in Hindustani classical music, mainly through their compositions. Salar Jung Nawwab Dargah Quli Khan, a young noble Deccani who lived in

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

between 1738 and 1741, had the opportunity to hear Naimat Khan play the

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. He wrote in ''Risala Salar Jung'' later translated as ''Muraqqa-i-Dehli'', "When he begins to play the Been, when the notes of the Been throw a spell on the world, the party enters a strange state: people begin to flutter like fish out of water (...).Na’mat Khan is acquainted with all aspects of music.Naimat Khan is considered unequalled and is the pride of the people of Delhi." Naimat khan was the descendant of

Naubat Khan Naubat Khan (also known as Ali Khan Karori) was an Indian classical music composer, musician and instrumentalist who was made a Mansabdar by Mughal Emperor Akbar. He is known today for his skills with the ''rudra veena'' or ''bīn'', which he is sh ...

. Another famous descendant of Sadarang was Wazir Khan of Rampur.

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{{authority control 1670 births 1748 deaths Indian male composers Hindustani singers Hindustani instrumentalists 17th-century Indian composers 18th-century Indian composers Bandish composers 17th-century male musicians

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