Sabri Brothers
| The Sabri Brothers | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Kalyana, East Punjab |
| Genres | Sufi qawwali |
| Years active | 1956–2016 |
| Labels | |
| Members | Mehmood Ghaznavi Sabri (1975 – present) |
| Past members |
Ghulam Farid Sabri (1930–94) |
Ghulam Farid Sabri (1930–94)
Kamal Sabri (died 2001)
Maqbool Ahmed Sabri (1945–2011)
Amjad Fareed Sabri (1976
The Sabri Brothers (Punjabi, Urdu: صابری برادران) is a music band from Pakistan performing Sufi qawwali music, closely connected to the Chishti Order. The band was initially founded and led by the late Ghulam Farid Sabri, whose periodic repeat use of "Allah" during songs has become a Sabri signature, and his younger brother late Maqbool Ahmed Sabri. After the brothers' death, the band was led by Ghulam Farid's son Amjad Fareed Sabri who continued the qawwali tradition.
The Sabri Brothers are considered the first exponents of qawwali music to the West, when they performed at New York's Carnegie Hall in 1975. Many people consider the Sabris instrumentally more adventurous, rougher and more soulful than Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Sabri Brothers have given a number of soulful qawwali performances globally, and their stature in the Sub-continent is colossal.
On 22 June 2016, Amjad Fareed Sabri was killed in a targeted killing in Karachi.
The Sabri Brothers originally consisted of
The Sabri brothers learned music from their father, Inayat Hussain Sabri. He trained his sons in qawwali and Indian classical music. Their first public performance was at the annual Urs festival of Mubarak Shah in Kalyana in 1946. The family moved from Kalyana to Karachi, Pakistan following the Partition of India in 1947. Maqbool furthered his knowledge of music under Ustad Fatehdin Khan, Ustad Ramzan Khan, and Ustad Latafat Hussein Khan Bareilly Sharif. With the help of his father, Maqbool formed a qawwali group at the age of eleven. Soon afterwards, Ghulam Farid, who was then performing with Ustad Kallan Khan's qawwali party, joined him and became the leader of the party, which soon came to be known as Sabri Brothers.
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