Jahan-e-Khusrau


Jahan-e-Khusrau is an annual three-day sufi music festival held in New Delhi, India to commemorate the death anniversary of the saint Amir Khusrau.

History

Jahan-e-Khusrau was started in the year 2001 by noted film director and artist, Muzaffar Ali.

The festival

The festival is held at Arab ki Sarai, Humayun's Tomb Monuments, Delhi — incidentally, this is where Khusrau started the qawwali music tradition in the 13th century AD.

Performers

Year - 2001
Dates - 10–11 March
Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi
Artists -
* Rumi Group, IRAN
* Lotfi Bouchnak, TUNISIA
* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN
Year - 2002
Dates - 8 - 9–10 March
Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi
Artists -
* Kabir Helminski, USA
* Drummers from, SUDAN
* Mahasa Vahdat and the Rumi Group, IRAN
* Sultana Chaudhuri, BANGLADESH
* Whirling Dervishes, TURKEY
* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN
* Shubha Mudgal, DELHI
* Ghulam Nabi Namtahali, KASHMIR
* Manjari, LUCKNOW
* Samandar Khan, RAJASTHAN
* Noorul Hasan, LUCKNOW
Year - 2003
Dates - 28 February, 1–2 March
Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi
Artists -
* Masood Habibi & group, IRAN
* Whirling Dervishes, TURKEY
* Hassan Hakmoun, MOROCCO
* Farida Parveen BANGLADESH
* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN
* Zila Khan, DELHI
* Sidi Sufis, GUJARAT
* Ghulam Nabi Namtahali, KASHMIR
* Qutubi Qawwal, DELHI
* Nazeer Khan Warsi, HYDERABAD
* Ghulam Fareed Nizami, DELHI
* Asrar Husain, AJMER
* Muhammad Ahmad Khan Warsi, RAMPUR
* Noorul Hasan, LUCKNOW
Year - 2004
Dates - 26–27 March
Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi
Artists -
* Masood Habibi, IRAN
* Shye BenTzur, ISRAEL
* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN
* Ila Arun, MUMBAI
* Astad Deboo, MUMBAI
* Shubha Mudgal, DELHI
Year - 2005
Dates - 4 - 5–6 March
Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi
Artists -
* Mehmet Kemiksiz, TURKEY
* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN
* Shafqat Ali Khan, PAKISTAN
* Shye BenTzur, ISRAEL
* Azam Ali, USA
* Masood Habibi, IRAN
* Zila Khan, DELHI
* Vidya Rao, DELHI
* Shujaat Husain Khan, DELHI
* Dadi Pudumji, DELHI
Year - 2006
Venue - Art & Culture Museum, Boston, USA
Year - 2007
Dates - 30–31 March & 1 April
Venue - Quli Khan's Tomb, Mehrauli Archeological Park, New Delhi
Artists -
* Wendy Jehlan, USA
* Sussan Deyhim, USA
* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN
* Malini Awasthi, LUCKNOW
* Shauqat Ali & Group, LUDHIANA
* Jaaved Jaaferi, MUMBAI
* Rekha Bhardwaj, MUMBAI
* Meeta Pandit, DELHI
* Nizami Brothers, DELHI
Year - 2008 Jahan e Khusrau was not held
Year - 2009
Venue - SKICC, Shrinagar, Kashmir
Year - 2010
Dates - 26 - 27 - 28 Feb
Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi
Artists -
* Tamboura Troupe, EGYPT
* Omar Faruk Ttekbelik, USA
* Masaka Ono, JAPAN
* Sanam Marvi, PAKISTAN
* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN
* Malini Awasthi, LUCKNOW
* Samandar Khan, RAJASTHAN
* Rabbi Shergill, PUNJAB
* Astad Deboo, MUMBAI
* Radhika Chopra, DELHI
Year - 2010
Dates - June
Venue - Southbank Centre, London
Year - 2011
Dates - 11–13 March
Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi
Artists -
* Azalea Ray, CANADA
* Dalahoo Ensemble, IRAN
* Shafqat Ali Khan, PAKISTAN
* Sami Brothers, PAKISTAN
* Manjari, LUCKNOW
* Wajahat Husain Badayuni, UTTAR PRADESH
* Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan, DELHI
* Hans raj Hans, PUNJAB
* Malini Awasthi, LUCKNOW
* Chand Nizami, DELHI
Year - 2012
Dates - 2 - 3–4 March
Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi
Artists -
* Andrea Grmmelli, ITALY
* Ali Zafar, PAKISTAN
* Shafqat Ali Khan, PAKISTAN
* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN
* Zia Nath, MUMBAI
* Indira Naik, MUMBAI
* Murad Ali, LUCKNOW
* Vidhi Sharma, DELHI
* Rajesh Pandey, DELHI
* Shivani Varma, DELHI
* Hans raj Hans, PUNJAB
Year - 2012
Dates - 21–22 October
Venue - Central Park, Jaipur
Year - 2013
Dates - 1- 2–3 March
Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi
Artists -
* Mercan Dede, CANADA
* Shafqat Ali Khan, PAKISTAN
* Abida Parveen, PAKISTAN
* Sonam Kalra, DELHI
* Malini Awasthi, LUCKNOW
* Astha Dikshit, DELHI
* Deveshi Sehgal, DELHI
Year - 2013
Dates - 5–6 October
Venue - Central Park, Jaipur
Year - 2017
Dates - 24 - 25–26 March
Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi
Artists -
* Hans raj Hans, PUNJAB
* Sonam Kalra, DELHI
* Malini Awasthi, LUCKNOW
* Ustad Iqbal Ahmad Khan, DELHI
* Deveshi Sehgal, DELHI
* Syed Sahil Agha, DELHI
* Daler Mehndi, PUNJAB
Year - 2018
Dates - 9 - 10–11 March
Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi
Artists -
YAMUNA - Dariya Prem Ka : Part 1
A dance ballet directed by Muzaffar Ali,
*Barnali Chatopadhyya, *Archana Shah, *Astha Dixit & Group.
* Aalamato Group, Iran
* Malini Awasthi, Lucknow
* Kanwar Grewal, Punjab
* World Ethnic Music Ensemble with Murad Ali
* Pooja Ghaitonde, Mumbai
* Barnal Chatopadhyya, Kolkata
* Kailash Kher's Kailasa, Mumbai
YAMUNA - Dariya Prem Ka : Part 2
* Shuba Mudgal, Delhi
* Syed Sahil Agha, Delhi
* Hans Raj Hans, Punjab
Year - 2019
Dates - 8 - 9–10 March
Venue - Arab ki Sarai, Humayun Tomb Monuments, New Delhi
Artists -
* Minu Bakshi, Delhi
* Ganganama - The Circle of Life
Sanjukta Sinha & Kadamb Ensemble
* Satinder Sartaj, Punjab
* Roohani Sisters, Delhi
* Kanwar Grewal, Punjab
* Shahid Niyati & Sami Niyati, Rampur
* Syed Sahil Agha, Delhi
* Javed Ali, Mumbai