Majlisi ahmad zahir biography

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Ahmad Zahir (Persian: احمد ظاهر - Aḥmad Zāhir; 14 June 1946 – 14 June 1979), was a singer, songwriter, and composer from Afghanistan. A celebrity of enduring popularity more than a quarter century after his death, he is considered an icon of music in Afghanistan.

Ahmad Zahir is sometimes called as The King of Afghan Music. Every year, the people of Afghanistan do a flashback about Ahmad Zahir.

A celebrity of enduring popularity almost three decades after his death, Ahmad Zahir is considered as a legend and an icon of Afghan music. Born on June 14, 1946, he was the son of late Dr. Abdul Zahir (born 1910, in Laghman), who was an influential Afghan politician and a one time Afghan Prime Minister (1971-1972) during the reign of King Zahir Shah.

Ahmad Zahir attended Habibia High School in the early 1960s and his interest in music developed during this period where he often sang in his school concerts, accompanied by his band that was made up of mainly his friends and classmates: Nabil Miskinyar on drums, Omar Sultan on guitar, Farid Zaland on congas and Kabir Howaida on piano, as we

Ahmad Zahir

Singer, songwriter and composer

For the Afghan cricketer, see Ahmad Zahir (cricketer).

Musical artist

Ahmad Zahir (Pashto/Dari: احمد ظاهر; 14 June 1946 – 14 June 1979) was an Afghan singer, songwriter and composer. Dubbed the "Elvis of Afghanistan",[1] he is widely considered the all-time greatest singer of Afghanistan.[2] The majority of his songs were in Dari followed by Pashto, with a few in Russian, Hindi and English.[3][4]

Zahir recorded at least 14 studio albums before his abrupt death on his 33rd birthday in 1979. His music blended folk music, Persian literature, Indian classical music and Western pop and rock styles.[2] Among Afghans, he is considered an icon of Afghan music and is widely regarded as the single greatest musician of all time, posthumously reclaiming immortal fame due to his contributions and influence on music in Afghanistan.[5] He has also become an icon of peacetime pre-war Afghanistan.[6]

Early years

Ahmad Zahir was born on 14 June 1946 (Jauza 24, 1325 of the J

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