Gasim Abdullayev or Zabul Gasim (, 18731927) was an Azerbaijani

khananda A khananda ( ; ; alternative spellings in English: khanende, khanande, khanandeh) is a name generally given to singers of mugham, an Culture of Azerbaijan, Azeri folk music genre. The word is of Persian origin and means "singer". When performin ...

Biography

Gasim Abdullayev was born in 1873 in

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. In the last years of his life, he taught mugham at the Shusha Music School and served as chairman of the Republican Trade Union Council of Art Workers. Zabul Gasim died in 1927 in

Creativity

Gasim Abdullayev was also known as "Zabul Gasim" for his well-known performance of "Zabul" mugham. At that time, " Sigah" mugham was more popular in the assemblies of the Azerbaijani people. However, in the late 19th century, singers were more inclined toward "Zabul-segah". The main reason for this popularity was that,

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had added a "Zabul" veil to the

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. At the beginning of the 20th century, Zabul Gasim had performed in

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for several times. Zabul Gasim performed for the first time in front of the Baku audience at the "Oriental Concert" held on January 27, 1903, in the theater building of H.Z.Taghiyev with

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, Shakili Alasgar and Seyid Mirbabayev. Zabul Gasim was not only a professional singer, he was also known as an opera artist.

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, an Azerbaijani composer, invited him to the stage for the first time and highly appreciated his art. With the request of the composer, he played the role of Majnun's father in the opera "

Leyli and Majnun ''Layla and Majnun'' ( "Layla's Mad Lover"; ) is an old story of Arab origin, about the 7th-century Arabian poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah and his lover Layla bint Mahdi (later known as Layla al-Aamiriya). "The Layla-Majnun theme passed from ...

", which was performed at the Shusha summer club on August 7, 1913. In 1914, "Sport-Record" Company invited Gasim Abdullayev to

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and recorded his voice. Zabul Qasim sang "Zabul-segah", " Bayaty-Shiraz", "

Humayun Nasir al-Din Muhammad (6 March 1508 – 27 January 1556), commonly known by his regnal name Humayun (), was the second Mughal emperor, who ruled over territory in what is now Eastern Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Northern India, and Pakistan from ...

", " Shur", "Mahur-Hindi" and several other classifications.

References

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