Shah Wali

Ustad Shah Wali (Pashto: شاہ ولی) (born 1952) is a musician from Tagab, Kapisa Province, Afghanistan.[1]

شاہ ولی
Shahy Walli
Born1952
Tagab, Kapisa, Afghanistan
GenresGhazals
Classical music
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active1963–present
LabelsVarious

Shah Wali is an ethnic Pashtun[2] who has sung more than 300 songs in Pashto, Persian, and Urdu.

Before his migration to Pakistan, Shah Wali had already sung more than 250 songs for Afghanistan Television. Once in Pakistan, he was taken in as a pupil by Ustad Nawab Ali Khan of the "House of Patiala" for 12 years and where he got an opportunity to learn from "King of Ghazal" Mehdi Hassan, Farida Khanam, and Nawabzada Shahabuddin Khan, becoming by 1985 the leading Afghan singer in Pakistan.[3] At the conclusion of his training, he was conferred upon with the title of Ustad. His singing career started with his famous song "Shah Laila Rasha" for Afghanistan TV.

Discography
  • Watan (وطن)
  • Songs of Love from Afghanistan (د مينې سندرې له افغانستان نه)
  • Nazawelay Laila (نازولې ليلا)

References
  1. Naseer Storai (2007). Pashtana Honarmandaan. De Pashtoonkhwa De Pohanay Daira. p. 41.
  2. Appadurai, Arjun; Frank J. Korom; Margaret Ann Mills (1991). Gender, Genre, and Power in South Asian Expressive Traditions. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 310. ISBN 978-0-8122-1337-9.
  3. Arnold, Alison (2000). The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Taylor & Francis. p. 835. ISBN 978-0-8240-4946-1.
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