Allan Fakir (1932– 4 July 2000)
[1] (Sindhi: علن فقيرُ, Urdu: علن فقیر), was a Pakistani folk singer. One of the foremost exponents of Sufi music in Pakistan. He was particularly known for his ecstatic style of performance, marked with extreme devotional rhetoric and Sufi dance-singing.[2]
Allan Fakir was born in 1932
in the ancient village of Aamari in Jamshoro District, Sindh.[3] Allan’s mother died soon after giving birth. He spent his childhood in Manjhand, a town between Sehwan and Hyderabad, Sindh.(Allan Fakir – Music Download and listen All kalams and Qawwali Arfana )
Faqir’s brothers still do the same job very well and he is also famous.
Fakir is an Arabic
word and implies a Sufi or a mystic. Allan Fakir Thus in the real sense of the word, a ‘Fakir’ is someone who leads an independent life marked by piety, abstinence from material needs, and contentment in the available resources. It must not be confused with the rather loose usage of the same word implying a beggar, in the local languages Sindhi and Urdu.
Deprived of motherly love, he went off in search of someone who could replace that love. He arrived at the tomb of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai at Bhit Shah, where he then started living. He was (Allan Fakir – Music Download and listen All kalams and Qawwali Arfana
Allan’s memory was quite sharp, even though, he could not read and write. He was very touched hearing the traditional ‘Latifi Raag’ every night. Encouraged by Faqir Zawar Qurban Ali Lanjwani and Moolchand Maharaj, Allan Fakir began singing Bhitai’s poetry at the shrine and ultimately spent
next twenty years there, until meeting with Mumtaz Mirza who introduced him to Radio Pakistan and Pakistan Television Corporation in Hyderabad, Sindh and helped him to learn the correct pronunciation of Bhitai’s poetry.[1]
Eventually, Allan became a performing legend.( Music Download and listen All kalams and Qawwali Arfana )
His songs, mostly in Sindhi language except a few in Urdu, usually revolve around Sufism and the devotional philosophy. But the characteristic which distinguishes him from many other folk singers is the depth of his feelings, which is very expressive in all of his songs.
received the following awards because
- President’s Pride of Performance award in 1980[3]
- Shahbaz Award in 1987
- Shah Latif Award in 1992
- Kandhkot Award in 1993