Sabri Brothers
Overview
The Sabri Brothers are a Qawwali
Qawwali
Qawwali is a form of Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia, particularly in the Punjab and Sindh regions of Pakistan, Hyderabad, Delhi, and other parts of northern India...

 party from Pakistan
Pakistan
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The Sabri Brothers originally consisted of Ghulam Farid Sabri
Ghulam Farid Sabri
Ghulam Farid Sabri was a major Qawwali singer, and a leading member of the Sabri Brothers, a leading qawwali group.He was born in Kalyana, a village in the district of Rohtak in East Punjab, British India in 1930. His family's musical lineage stretches back several centuries, to the age of the...

 (b. 1930 in Kalyana, East Punjab – d. April 5, 1994 in Karachi
Karachi
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; lead vocals, harmonium), Maqbool Ahmed Sabri (b. October 12, 1945 in Kalyana – d. September 21, 2011 in South Africa; lead vocals, harmonium), Kamal Sabri (d. 2001; vocals, swarmandal), Mehmood Ghaznavi Sabri (b. 1949 in Karachi; vocals, bongo drums, tambourine), Fazal Islam (chorus), Azmat Farid Sabri (chorus), Sarwat Farid Sabri (chorus), Javed Kamal Sabri (chorus), Umer Daraz (chorus), Abdul Aziz (chorus), Masihuddin (chorus, tanpura), Abdul Karim (dholak), and Mohammed Anwar (nal, tabla).
The Sabri brothers learnt music from their father, Ustad Inayat Sen Sabri.
 
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