Qawwali (Urdu: قوّالی; Hindi: क़व्वाली; Bengali: ক়াওয়ালী; Punjabiਕ਼ੱਵਾਲੀ; ) is a form of Sufi Islamic devotional singing originating in South Asia. Originally performed at Sufi … See more

Delhi's Sufi saint Amir Khusrow of the Chisti order of Sufis is credited with fusing the Persian, Arabic, Turkish, and Indian traditions in the late 13th century in India to create Qawwali as … See more

Ethnomusicologist Regula Qureshi distinguishes between "old" tunes (purānī dhuneṅ, purānī bandisheṅ) and "tunes of nowadays" (ājkal kī dhuneṅ). The "old" tune repertory … See more

The longest recorded commercially released qawwali runs slightly over 115 minutes (Hashr Ke Roz Yeh Poochhunga by See more

Qawl (Arabic: قَوْل) is an "utterance (of the prophet)", Qawwāl is someone who often repeats (sings) a Qaul, Qawwāli is what a Qawwāl sings. See more

Traditional qawwali practice is built upon a system of hereditary training in which qawwals are part of the service community connected to a … See more

A group of qawwali musicians, called a party (or Humnawa in Urdu), typically consists of eight or nine men including a lead singer, one or … See more