The Sabri Brothers

الأخوان صابري

The Pakistani qawwali ensemble behind 'Tajdar-e-Haram' — with NFAK, the deepest mark on the form's global spread.

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Music and its permissibilitySpirituality and Sufism

Overview

The Sabri Brothers are a Pakistani qawwali group led by Ghulam Farid Sabri and Maqbool Ahmed Sabri from the 1950s. They were known for the qawwali pieces 'Bahar Do Jahan' and 'Taj Dar-e-Haram', and were among the names that introduced this art to the world before Nusrat. 1

People and things also explored

Fez Festival of World Sacred Music· Şeb-i Arus· Urs of Ajmer Sharif· Abida Parveen· Prophetic adab (proper conduct)· Akhi Baba (title of the guild shaykh and tanners' head)· The angelic and the satanic inspiration (lamma)· Asking people for help (al-masala)

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islam.museum contributors. “The Sabri Brothers”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/sabri-brothers/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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Fez Festival of World Sacred Music

Fez's annual festival convening Sufi chant, qawwali and nasheed alongside the sacred music of other faiths; since 1994.