Sultaneez

Sultaniz or Sultanies () were a musical band of Bahraini Iranians who published songs in Persian (Farsi), and folklore songs of Laristan in Achomi Parsig ( Bastaki dialect) and Arabic. This group is known in Bahrain as "Sultaniz/Sultanies group" (). The first album of this group was released in 1989 and the last album was released in 2003. The main singer of the group was "Ahmad Sultan".

History

The Band was formed in August 1985 in Tariq Sultan's engagement party in the Hilton hotel, Bahrain, they continued to gain in popularity by the people of Bahrain and south Iran up until their dissolution in January 2006.

During their years of activity, Sultaneez performed on Bahrain television and music festivals, and have influenced the musicians of the new southern singers of Iran. It is because of this that Sultanies are remembered as one of the most influential bands of southern Iranian ( Bandari) music.

After their "Qesat hoby" album in 1996 Ahmed Sultan, Ali Bahar and Jamal Al-Seeb and released a collaborative Album titled "Carnival Bahraini" (), Then in 2003 Ahmed Sultan and the Sultanies Band released an album titled "''Ismahili''," with rotana

Ahmed Sultan currently works at the Bahrain Economic Development Board (Bahrain EDB), he is an Executive Director – International Offices & Business Development (Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics).

Legacy

Their Bastaki Achomi Parsig song "Naz Akon Naz Akon" inspired by Yusuf Hadi Bastaki's folkloric song of the same name, and one of the most popular songs of this group, released on June 25, 1990, was the basis that inspired Kouros Shahmiri's Iranian Persian song "Naz Nakon", which was released later (1998 AD), which was also inspired by Sultanies' "Raftom Bebagh" (رفتوم به باغ) which in addition to Kouros Shahmiri's version, also inspired the 2017 Iraqi Arabic version "Hallah Hallah Ya Jamallak" () by Oras Sattar, the 2010 song "Chayi Chayi" by Kouros was also inspired by the song of Soltaniz "Chayi Chayeem Kalam Dard Akon", which was released in 1989, additionally, in March 2024 a Mazendarani inspired rendition of the song was sung and published by Ebi Aali titled "Shah Detar" (King's Daughter/Princess).

On August 19, 2024, Ahmed Sultan remastered his songs "Naz Akon + Raftom Bebagh," bringing a fresh and updated sound to the beloved track.

Concerts

Sultanies were known for their concerts in which they performed famous Arabic, Persian, English and sometimes Achomi music from their albums, even though their last album was published in 2003, they still performed concerts, mostly at weddings and parties. Their last concert was their retirement concert in 2006 which included Arabic and Persian songs like the Persian song from Mansour "Azize Delami" their first performance was at 1985 at Tariq sultan's engagement party, their first performance was what started the band with the original members (Ahmed sultan, Yousef sultan and Habib sultan). Many Sultanies concerts are not digitalized and are being sold in the form of audio cassettes. Al ahram audio cassettes was a record company based in Manama, Bahrain and helped Sultanies publish their concert songs on cassette and CD.

Group members

The manager of the group was Abdullah Ishaq and the main singer was Ahmad Sultan. Other members of the group were as follows:

* Ahmad Sultan: keyboard, lead singer
* Habib Sultan: Bass Guitar
* Khaled Abdul Aziz: Drums - singer
* Hisham Hakimi: Timba - singer
* Youssef Sultan: Choral
* Abdul Qadir: Percussion
* Nabil khonji: Drums
* Gholum Murad: Timba (deceased)
* Mahmoud Bahram: Percussion
* Adel Abbas: Drums
* Ahmad Jahormi: Drummer
* Abbas Fawad Ramin: Choral
* Khaled Ismail, Juman Mohammad and Khaled: Sound Engineering
* Sultan: Percussion

Works

Albums

Singles

* Ahmed Sultan - Zendagi Ba To (Cover)
* Ahmed Sultan - Naz Akon (), 2024.
* Ahmed Sultan - Bastaki Party (), 2025.

Gallery

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References

External links

Sultaneez on Bastak Music

Ahmed Sultan on YouTube

Sultanies on Spotify

Sultanies on YouTube Music

Sultanies on Apple Music

Notes

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Iranian classical music groups
Bahraini musical groups