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A masterpiece of quawwali from the Album "Ya Habib". Pictures are mainly from Ayasofya (Istanbul, Turkey). Listen & Enjoy it. "WITH the passing of Maqbool Sabri (1941-2011), an entire era of excellence in traditional qawwali singing has come to an end. He belonged to a generation that was steeped in the Amir Khusrau tradition of music, devotion to Sufi saints and the shrine culture harking back to the 13th century. The demise earlier in 1994 of his elder brother, Ghulam Farid Sabri, who together with him formed their troupe in 1956, had left the younger Sabri as the beacon of this receding tradition — especially as the rise of a fundamentalist version of Islam redefined devotional values. The Sabris were amongst the most sought-after qawwals . They won the President`s Pride of Performance Award in 1970. They also had the distinction of being the first qawwals from Pakistan to have introduced the genre to western audiences in New York in 1975. The trend they set of seeking foreign audiences was followed by Aziz Mian (d. 2000), and taken to new heights of popularity by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (d. 1997), and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan after him. Amjad Sabri, a scion of the Sabri family, today is amongst the top-notch qawwals who have stuck to rendering the genre in the traditional mode. Modern qawwali , with fusion music, remains another genre altogether." Note: I cut the beginning because YT has restrictions for clips (10 min). The original length ist 14:39 min!