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Basim Karbalaei
12+ albums
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Haj Mulla Basim Ismail Muhammad-Ali al-Karbalaei (Arabic: باسم إسماعيل محمد علي الكربلائي; born November 11, 1966), commonly known as Basim Karbalaei or Mulla Basim is an Iraqi Shi'ite eulogy reciter. Al-Karbalaei is the first Shia eulogy reciter to produce a qasida (elegy) in a studio. Al-Karbalaei's voice and performance are considered particularly distinctive, the former is considered one of the most compelling instruments in the history of lamentations for the Ahl al-Bayt. His vocal abilities have allowed him to be identified as one of the greatest voices in the Arab world, widely heard by audiences all across the globe. His choice of poetry, melodies, performances, was able to attract millions of listeners, allowing them to abandon the types of music that are religiously forbidden. al-Karbalaei managed to fill a void for them, by continuously introducing new methods and styles in his recitations. He has also produced works in languages other than Arabic, like Persian, Urdu, and English. Al-Karbalaei, for the most of it, has been apolitical with his elegies, trying to keep his elegies exclusively about the Ahl al-Bayt and their memory. In 2019, al-Karbalaei was gifted with a crown made of pure gold, and dubbed Sultan al-Minbar al-Hussaini (sultan of the Husayni pulpit), by the Hussaini Reciters Association in Kadhimiya. He later donated the crown to the Abbas shrine museum. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms
