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18th Death Anniversary of Allan Faqeer Today

Web Desk(July 04, 2018): 18th death anniversary of the renowned folk singer Allan Faqir is being observed today.

Allan Fakir was born in 1932 in the ancient village of Aamari in Jamshoro District, Sindh.

He spent his childhood in Manjhand, a town between Sehwan and Hyderabad, Sindh.Fakir is an Arabic word, and implies a Sufi or a mystic. 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.

When he was only a teenager, Allan developed a habit of singing melancholy songs, which were not liked by his father. Deprived of a 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 initially trained in singing by his father.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.

Eventually, Allan became a performing legend.

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