Bari Nizami

Bari Nizami
Born
Sheikh Muhammad Safeer

(1946-12-26)26 December 1946
Gojra, Punjab, British India
OriginPunjab, Pakistan
Died14 May 1998(1998-05-14) (aged 51)
Faisalabad, Pakistan
GenresQawwali, Folk
OccupationsSongwriter and lyricist

Bari Nizami was a lyricist from Punjab, Pakistan. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi, Noor Jehan and Ghulam Ali sang his qawwalis and songs.

Life

Barri Nizami (Birth Name: Sheikh Muhammad Safeer son of Sheikh Ghulam Muhammad) was born on 26 December 1946 in Gojra in Punjab, now in Toba Tek Singh District of Punjab, Pakistan.

He had become friends with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Death

He died on 14 May 1998 due to lack of money for his treatment, as he was very poor.

Bari Nizami songs by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

His most popular lyrics sung by the legend of Qawwali, Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan are below:

Book

His poetry was published by a journalist jamil Siraj, Book name is Qadardaan.

References

  1. ↑ Punjabi: بری نظامی
  1. 1 2 Dum Mast Mast Qalander Fame Poet Bari Nizami Geo TV Report (in Urdu). 15 May 2012 – via YouTube. Geo TV report on the 14th death anniversary
  2. 1 2 Profile of Bari Nizami on Bio-bibliographies website (in Urdu language) Retrieved 23 December 2019
  3. ↑ Anurag Verma (7 April 2018). "11 Bollywood Songs That You Didn't Know Were Copied Or 'Inspired' From Pakistan". NEWS18 website. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  4. ↑ Zaman Khan (16 February 2018). "Cafes of Lyallpur (now called Faisalabad)". Academy of the Punjab in North America (APNA) website. Retrieved 23 December 2019.