Rahim Mehryar
Rahim Mehryar was born in Kabul in 1956 and sang from 1986 until his death, recording for Ariana Music. He worked in Persian-language Afghan pop at the moment it was at its most confident. He is inseparable from Parasto, the singer he married. As a duo they were among the most successful acts in Afghan music in the late 1980s, and for a period they effectively defined what Afghan pop sounded like. The pairing worked because their voices did something neither did alone, and most of the recordings people remember are joint ones. Like nearly every Afghan musician of their generation, they left. The couple settled in Germany and went on performing there and across the Afghan diaspora in Europe. He died in Germany in June 2010 — sources give either the 23rd or the 24th — of cancer. He was 54. This page previously carried a two-line summary; it has been expanded. If you knew him or his work and can add to this, we would welcome it.
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Songs by Rahim Mehryar
- Aey Negar Man
- Agar Eshq Bashad
- Asheq Shudam
- Awarage
- Ay Dil Che Mekhowahe Ze Man
- Ay Khuda Majlesi
- Ay Sanam Hamrang Man
- Ba Roey Dil Bari
- Bas Ki Jafa
- Ba Yad
- Ba Yad Dare K Roze Awal
- Ba Yade Watan Majlesi
- Baz Ham Qesaye Eshqe Mano To
- Biya Biya Janana
- Darde Eshqi Kashida Am
- Deshab Hama Shab
- Dokhtar Kabul
- Dunya Wafa Nadara
- Een Aajab En K Che Noor Ze Kuja
- Gashta Delam Shohra O Rosway Tu Yar
- Ghomgashta
- Gofta Bode
- Gofta Bood
- Gom Gashte Ye Wojood E Man
- Harfai Ma Beshnaw
- Har Khushi Bahre To
- Ilahe Ilahe
- Jama Naranjey
- Jurm Mara Bahanai
- Kar Del Dar Taar Zulfash
- Khabaram Rasida Amshab
- Khana Bar Dosham
- Kuja An Bulbulan Manzel Grefta
- Labet Barge Gul Wares
- Magar Khuda Ze Raqiban
- Mah Roi Badakhshani
- Man Bandaye Azadam
- Man Bechara To Basham
- Man Khwanam O Del Raqsad
- Man Yar To Basham
- Mara Mehre Siya Chashman
- Miey Angineme - (Urdo)
- Ne Asto Ne Payame
- Pechida Ast Dar Dile Gosham Sadaye To
- Rafti Shekar Gashti
- Rasha Jana - (Pashto)
- Roze Gar Ma Ze Roz O Shab
- Sad Ghosa Ha Bar Jan Man
- Sawgand Ba Tu
- Setara Dedawo
- Sham Shamaki Man
- Shekaar
- Ta Band Bo Chorai
- Tabeeb Dard Dil Darman
- Tabibe Darde Be Darman
- Tarke Watan
- Tor Sterge Khumare
- Yade Eshpo Ta
Music videos
- Agar Eshq Bashad
- Allah
- Asheq Shudam
- Awarage
- Ay Dil Che Mekhowahe Ze Man
- Ay Khuda Majlesi
- Ay Sanam Hamrang Man
- Bahre Poorsidanam
- Baske Jafaa
- Bas Ki Jafa
- Ba Yad
- Ba Yad Dare K Roze Awal
- Ba Yade Watan Majlesi
- Baz Ham Qesaye Eshqe Mano To
- Biya Biya Janana
- Darde Eshqi Kashida Am
- Deshab Hama Shab
- Dokhtar Kabul
- Dunya Wafa Nadara
- Gashta Delam Shohra O Rosway Tu Yar
- Ghazal
- Ghomgashta
- Gom Gashte Ye Wojood E Man
- Harfai Ma Beshnaw
- Har Khushi Bahre To
- Kar Del Dar Taar Zulfash
- Khabaram Rasida Amshab
- Khana Bar Dosham
- Kuja An Bulbulan Manzel Grefta
- Labet Barge Gul Wares
- Live Ghazal
- Magar Khuda Ze Raqiban
- Mah Roi Badakhshani
- Man Bandaye Azadam
- Man Bechara To Basham
- Man Khwanam O Del Raqsad
- Man Yar To Basham
- Mara Mehre Siya Chashman
- Mast Old Song
- Mosafer
- Nice Ghazal
- Omre Dilam
- Pashto Song
- Pechida Ast Dar Dile Gosham Sadaye To
- Rafti Shekar Gashti
- Saqi
- Sawgand Ba Tu
- Sham Shamaki Man
- Shekaar
- Sultan Mani
- Sunbol Afshan Bia
- Tabibe Darde Be Darman
- Tarke Watan
- Tor Sterge Khumare
- With Ahmad Siar
- With Ahmad Syar
- With Khanom Parasto
- With Parasto