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The Sabri Brothers
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The Sabri Brothers (aka Sabri Brothers, Punjabi, Urdu: صابری برادران), are a qawwali group, from Pakistan, closely connected to the Sufi Chishti Order. Sometimes, referred to as Roving Ambassadors for Pakistan. Sabri Brothers were originally led by the soaring voice of the late Haji Ghulam Farid Sabri, whose periodic repeat use of 'Allah' during songs has become a Sabri signature, and his younger brother late Haji Maqbool Ahmed Sabri. They were the first exponents of Qawwali to the West, when they performed at New York's Carnegie Hall in 1975. Sabri Brothers have given a number of soulful qawwali performances globally with beautiful Qawwali hits. Their stature in Pakistan is colossal. The Sabri Brothers originally consisted of Ghulam Farid Sabri (b. 1930 in Kalyana, East Punjab – d. 5 April 1994 in Karachi; lead vocals, harmonium), Maqbool Ahmed Sabri (b. 12 October 1945 in Kalyana – d. 21 September 2011 in South Africa; (lead vocals, harmonium), Kamal Sabri (died 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), Mohammed Anwar (nal, tabla). Amjad Sabri (vocals, harmonium) (son Ghulam Farid Sabri) (December 23, 1976 – June 22, 2016) The Sabri brothers learned music from their father, Ustad Inayat Hussain Sabri. He tra
