Amjad Farid Sabri was a well-known Pakistani Qawwal and Naat Khawan. He was born in 1976 and was shot dead in Karachi on June 22, 2016, during Ramadan. He was the son of famed Qawwal Ghulam Farid Sabri and the nephew of Maqbool Ahmed Sabri of the well-known ‘Sabri Brothers Alliance’. Amjad Sabri rose to prominence as a live Qawali singer. He was one of the most well-known Qawwals in South Asia. Following his unfortunate demise, his son Mujaddid Amjad Sabri continued his father’s heritage of Qawwali recitation and is now performing live events.
Mujaddid Amjad Sabri recently appeared on Nadir Ali’s show, alongside Junaid Jamshed’s son Babur. Both recalled their fathers. Mujaddid revealed interesting details of his father’s close experience with criminals in India.
Talking about it, Mujaddid Amjad said, “Amjad Sabri had to reach Delhi from another city, Jhansi in India (where he was performing the show), because he had to catch a flight to Lahore in Delhi, but the audience in Jhansi wouldn’t let him go, and he kept on reciting for the entire night, extending the event for three hours. It was late as night, and locals had stopped him from taking the road trip, but he had planned it. They stopped at a tea stall at night, and the tea stall proprietors were already playing Bhar Do Jholi when Baba’s driver informed them that this song was written by Amjad Sabri’s father, who is a big Qawwal.
They made him sit there and make tea for him; the dangerous robbers were also sitting nearby him, and when they found out about him, they came to him, greeted him, heard Qawali, and gave him gifts; not only that, but they also advised him to take safe routes out of this area because the decoys and robbers are hiding in the bushes because it is robbery time.” Here’s a link to the video:
