Beltoon
Momin Khan Biltoon, known everywhere as Ustad Beltoon, sang for more than seventy years. He was born around 1920 in the village of Chakari, in Kabul province's Khaki Jabbar district, into circumstances that would have ended most musical careers before they began: his father died before he was born, his mother died while he was still small, and he was raised by his sister, largely in Logar. He taught himself the rubab and tanbur as a child and began singing at fifteen. His first song was in both Pashto and Dari, and that doubleness stayed with him — he sang mainly in Pashto, his own language, but moved freely into Dari throughout his career. His style belongs to the Kharabat tradition of Kabul, the classical school of the city's musicians' quarter, and he worked mostly in ghazal form. He died in Kabul on 9 November 2015, aged 95, and is buried at Beni Hesar. "Beltoon" is also an ordinary Pashto word meaning separation, which is why his name attaches to songs by other singers too; the recordings collected here are his own.
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Songs by Beltoon
- Ala Yar Jan Nakon Har Roz Dreshi
- Az E Kordak Shali
- Baran De
- Chahrakary Be Be Sanam Janem
- Dilbar Man Bea
- Em Shab Qamar En Jast
- Gulde Malai Raka
- Kabk Zari
- Kamar Barek Man
- Lag Nazar Pa Ma Waka
- Makhmi Ashana
- Mashi Mashi
- Nan Mi Lidali Da
- O Bach Jan Logari
- Paas Pa Tangi Masti
- Pa Kat Ki Prot Yama
- Pama De Paron Kari
- Qandahar Shenki Baghona
- Raza Danana
- Saaqi Saaqi Jan
- Salam Logare Bacha Mashi Mashi
- Saqi Jan Raka
- Shabnam Dani Dani
- Shaid Sho
- Shamali Lala Zar Basha
- Shang Shang Shang
- Shawam Qurbanat
- So Ba Di Kabul Kaway
- Warsha Roibara
- Zaba Jaro Kam Ziyaratuna
- Zama Janan Chi Pi Raina-2
- Zyaratoona
Music videos
- Ala Yar Jan Nakon Har Roz Dreshi
- Az E Kordak Shali
- Bagh-e-Bala
- Chahrakary Be Be Sanam Janem
- Chi Konom
- Dildar Man
- Em Shab Qamar En Jast
- Kabk Zari
- Kabul Ta Sailo Tamashe
- Kamar Barek Man
- Kela Sabrege
- Lag Nazar Pa Ma Waka
- Mashi Mashi
- Merawi Kuja Yar Man
- Murghi Khush Awaz Kuja
- Nan Me Wahale Pa Landi
- O Bach Jan Logari
- Paas Pa Tange Maste
- Paas Pa Tangi Masti
- Qandahar Shenki Baghona
- Qataghani
- Saaqi Saaqi Jan
- Salam Logare Bacha Mashi Mashi
- Saqi Jan Raka
- Shabnam Dani Dani
- Shaid Sho
- Shamali Lala Zar Basha
- Shang Shang Shang
- So Ba Di Kabul Kaway
- Sohbat Kabul
- Speen De Bashar De Dilbar
- Ter Ba Shee Zowani
- Warsha Roibara
- Warsha Roybaara Zima
- Zema Janana
- Zhar Som Qurban