Khamiso Khan | |
Native Name: | Sindhi: {{Naskh|خميسو خان |
Birth Date: | 1923 |
Birth Place: | Tando Muhammad Khan, Sindh, British India |
Death Place: | Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan |
Occupation: | Instrumental musician (alghoza player) |
Children: | Akbar Khamiso Khan |
Awards: | Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan (1979) |
Khamiso Khan (; 1923–1983) was a Sindhi folk musician and alghoza player from Sindh, Pakistan.[1]
Khamiso Khan was born in 1923 at Tando Muhammad Khan city,[2] of Tando Muhammad Khan District, Sindh, Pakistan. His son Akbar Khamiso Khan is also a notable Alghoza player.[3]
Khamiso Khan was a contemporary of another notable alghoza player Misri Khan Jamali.[4] Mostly, he played typical Sindhi folk and classical music on alghoza.[5]
He was associated with Radio Pakistan, Hyderabad, Sindh as a folk artist for 18 years. Khamiso Khan had performed at many events when touring Europe and America before his death. When Khamiso died of a heart attack, president Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq paid him a tribute in a presidential message that his death was a great loss for folk music in Pakistan.[6]
Khamiso Khan died after a heart attack on 8 March 1983 at Hyderabad, Pakistan.[6]