Name Purnam Allahabadi Role Poet | Died 2009, Lahore, Pakistan | |
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Hazrat purnam allahabadi r a urs mubarak 2015
Mohammed Musa, known by his pen name Purnam Allahabadi was an Urdu language poet.
Contents
- Hazrat purnam allahabadi r a urs mubarak 2015
- Hazrat purnam allahabadi r a urs mubarak 2016
- Early life and career
- Death
- References
Hazrat purnam allahabadi r a urs mubarak 2016
Early life and career
He was born in 1940 in Allahabad, British India. He settled in Karachi after the 1947 independence of Pakistan but later on moved to Lahore, Pakistan due to family disputes. There he lived in a single room flat at the renowned Anarkali Bazaar, Lahore.
Besides writing song-lyrics for Indian and Pakistani movies, he was famous for writing the popular Sabri Brothers Qawwali "Bhar do jholi meri ya Muhammad" originally sung back in 1975.
He also wrote "Iss Shane Karam Ka" Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's qawwali. He then wrote the famous qawwali "Tumhain Dil Lagi Bhool Jani Paray Gi" and "Ya Hussain Ya Hussain" qawwalis, both sung by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
Death
Purnam Allahabadi died in Lahore on June 29, 2009 at the age of 69.