Ghulam Dastagir Shaida
Ghulam Dastagir Shaida — Ustad Shaida — is counted among the handful of true masters of Afghan classical music, named alongside Mohammad Hussain Sarahang and Rahim Bakhsh. He was born in Kabul in 1916 and grew up in Kharabat, the city's musicians' quarter, where the classical Indian tradition was taught and passed down. His father was a musician, and he studied in India. He worked in khayal, thumri, tarana and classical ghazal, and recorded from 1948 onward. The name he is known by was given to him by fellow musicians: shaida is a Sufi term for one who has given himself up entirely to divine love, and they used it for the quality of his voice and his delivery. The Ministry of Culture gave him the title Ustad, and he received a Medal of Art in 1964. He died on 22 April 1970 after a car accident on the outskirts of Kabul, and is buried in the city. He was 54. He also named the singer Zheela, whose recordings are in this catalogue, and whose career he helped start.
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Songs by Ghulam Dastagir Shaida
- Az Shawq Gulli Royat - Ghazal
- Chand Roz
- Dar An Nafas
- Gole Badam man
- Gul k Ba Bulbul Nazasad
- Hamarast Zeen Chaman
- Jama Rangeen
- Man Entezar Ghafouriat
- Soratgar
- Thumri Kafi
- Ustad Shaida Biography