1. Pathanay Khan was associated with the folk music of Punjab and mostly sang kafis and ghazals, usually drawing on the Sufi poetry of Bulleh Shah, Khwaja Ghulam Farid, Pir Meher Ali Shah and Shah Hussain.
17 Facts About Pathanay Khan
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Pathanay Khan is regarded as a "legendary" figure of folk music.
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Pathanay Khan was born in 1926 in the village Basti Tambu Wali, situated in the heart of the Thal Desert, several miles from Kot Addu,.
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Pathanay Khan took good care of him and tried to get him educated.
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Pathanay Khan began singing, mostly the Kafis of Khwaja Ghulam Farid, the saint of Mithankot.
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Pathanay Khan adopted singing as a profession in earnest after his mother's death.
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Pathanay Khan's singing had the capacity to bewitch his listeners, and he could sing for hours on end.
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When he was only a few years old, Pathanay Khan's father married a third time, upon which his mother decided to leave his father.
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Pathanay Khan took her young son along and went to Kot Addu to stay with her father.
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Pathanay Khan's mother credited the new name for saving the child's life.
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Pathanay Khan was totally devoted to Khwaja Ghulam Farid and Bulleh Shah.
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Pathanay Khan gave his own deeper meaning to Khwaja's poetry through his typical style of spirited singing.
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When Pathanay Khan sang "Jindarri lutti tain yaar sajan, Kadi mor maharan tay wal a watan", Bhutto broke into tears.
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At this, Bhutto hugged Pathanay Khan and said "I will surely take care of the poor".
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Pathanay Khan died after a protracted illness at his native town of Kot Addu on Thursday 9 March 2000.
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Pathanay Khan's funeral was attended by a large number of people including poets, intellectuals, lawyers, educationalists and district officials.
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Pathanay Khan was buried in his native graveyard in Kot Addu.