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Mehdi Zaheer is a renowned Indian musician who has been playing the sitar for over five decades. He is a master of the instrument and has performed in many prestigious venues around the world. He has also composed music for films and television shows. Mehdi Zaheer was born in 1927 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, British India. He began learning the sitar at the age of seven and was trained by his father, Ustad Syed Iftikhar Mehdi. He went on to study under Ustad Allauddin Khan and Ustad Vilayat Khan. Mehdi Zaheer has performed in many prestigious venues around the world, including the Royal Albert Hall in London, the Sydney Opera House in Australia, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. He has also composed music for films and television shows, including the popular Indian television series, Mahabharat. Mehdi Zaheer is married to his wife, Shabnam, and has two sons, Syed Iftikhar Mehdi and Syed Ziauddin Mehdi. He currently resides in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

Popular As Syed Iftikhar Mehdi
Occupation Musician · singer · poet
Age 61 years old
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Born 1927, 1927
Birthday 1927
Birthplace Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, British India
Date of death 5 April 1988 - Karachi Karachi
Died Place Karachi
Nationality India

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1988

Mehdi Zaheer (1927 – 5 April 1988) was a Paksitani musician, singer, poet, and radio producer. He is best known for singing Hum Mustfvi Hein, composing music for Faiz Ahmed Faiz's ghazal Dasht-e-Tanhai (sung by Iqbal Bano), and writing Ahmed Rushdi's song Bandar Road Se Kemari.

1974

In 1974, Zaheer gave voice to an Islamic nationalistic anthem Ham Mustafvi, Mustafvi Hein, which was composed by Sohail Rana for the occasion of the second Islamic Summit Conference held in Lahore. He is also known for rendering a nashid Qaseeda Burda Sharif.

1927

Zaheer was born as Syed Iftikhar Mehdi in 1927 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, British India. He was fluent in Urdu, Arabic, and Persian languages. He started his radio career at Radio Pakistan, Karachi. In the mid-1950s, he wrote and composed a song "Bandar Road Se Kemari Meri Chali Re Ghora Gari" which was sung by Ahmed Rushdi for a children's radio show. The song became popular and later helped Rushdi establish his career as a playback singer. Another milestone of Zaheer's career was the composition of Faiz Ahmed Faiz's ghazal Dasht-e-Tanhai Mein Ae Jaan-e-Jehan. It was rendered by Iqbal Bano and immediately became famous all across the country. Later, he also vocalized Nazeer Akbarabadi's Urdu poems "Aadmi Nama" and "Banjara Nama".