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	{{~~short~~ description\|Kashmiri musician ~~and rabab player~~}}		{{Short description\|Kashmiri Sufi musician, songwriter (born 1954)}}
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	\| name = Noor Mohammad Shah		\| name = Noor Mohammad Shah
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	\| birth_date = {{birth year\|~~1961~~}}		\| birth_date = {{birth year and age\|1954}}
	\| birth_place = [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]], India		\| birth_place = [[Handwara]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]], India
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	\| genre = [[Sufi music]]		\| genre = [[Sufi music]]
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	* Musician		\| instrument = [[Rabāb\|Rabab]]
	* songwriter		\| years_active = 1970–present
	}}		\| label = [[Zee Music Company]] [[Renzu Music]] [[Coke Studio Bharat]]
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	* [[Rabāb\|Rabab]]
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	\| years_active = ~~1980–present~~
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	* [[Zee Music Company]]}}
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	* Mohammad Muneer Nazir<ref>[https://freepresskashmir.news/2018/12/04/ride-home-new-kashmiri-single-by-muhammad-muneem-features-local-artist-noor-mohammad/ Marouf Gazi. 2018. Ride Home: New Kashmiri single by Mohammad Muneem (Alif) features local artist Noor Mohammad. ''FreePressKashmir''. 4 ~~Dec~~.]</ref>		* Mohammad Muneer Nazir<ref>[https://freepresskashmir.news/2018/12/04/ride-home-new-kashmiri-single-by-muhammad-muneem-features-local-artist-noor-mohammad/ Marouf Gazi. 2018. Ride Home: New Kashmiri single by Mohammad Muneem (Alif) features local artist Noor Mohammad]. ''FreePressKashmir''. 4 December.</ref>
	* Alif<ref>[https://www.wordsofalif.com Alif]</ref>		* Alif<ref>[https://www.wordsofalif.com Alif]</ref>
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	'''Noor Mohammad Shah''' ([[Kashmiri language\|Kashmiri]]: ~~نور محمد~~ شاہ, born ~~in 1961~~) is a traditional [[Sufism\|Sufi]] music performer and songwriter, from ''Baki-Aker'' village in [[Handwara]] town ~~of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)\|North Kashmir's]]~~ [[Kupwara ~~District~~]] ~~(Kupwara district is sharing its~~ [[~~Line of Control~~\|~~border~~]] ~~with Pakistan)~~.<ref>[https://kashmirlife.net/melancholic-melody-126513/ Zubair Sofi. 2016. Melancholic Melody. ''Kashmir Life''. 14 ~~Dec~~.]</ref>		'''Noor Mohammad Shah''' ([[Kashmiri language\|Kashmiri]]: نوٗر مُحمد شاہ, born 1954) is a Kashmiri traditional [[Sufism\|Sufi]] music performer and songwriter, from ''Baki-Aker'' village in [[Handwara]] town, in the [[Kupwara district]] of [[Kashmir Valley\|North Kashmir]].<ref>[https://kashmirlife.net/melancholic-melody-126513/ Zubair Sofi. 2016. Melancholic Melody]. ''Kashmir Life''. 14 December.</ref>

	==Background==		==Background==
	Shah is a traditional [[Sufism\|Sufi]] music performer and songwriter and a [[virtuoso]] of the [[Rabāb\|rabab]]. When a boy, in 1970, he was noticed for his talent with the [[idiophone]]-style Kashmiri [[percussion]] instrument of [[nout]] (clay pot) by the local singer Mohammad Yousuf Shah who then invited him to his troup for training and work. Having become a musician in his own right, for three decades Shah played and sang for the [[Sufi saint]] Ahad Sahib of [[Sopore]] (~~1930-2010~~),<ref>[https://therealkashmir.com/kashmiris-fondly-remember-sufi-saint-ahad-baba-on-his-10th-death-anniversary/ Kashmiris Fondly Remember Sufi Saint Ahad Baba on His 10th Annual Urs. 2020. ''The Real News''. 26 Jul.]</ref> beginning at the turn of the 1980s<ref>[https://kashmirlife.net/melancholic-melody-126513/ Zubair Sofi. 2016. Melancholic Melody. ''Kashmir Life''. 14 Dec.]</ref>		Shah is a traditional [[Sufism\|Sufi]] music performer and songwriter and a [[virtuoso]] of the [[Rabāb\|rabab]]. When a boy, in 1970, he was noticed for his talent with the [[idiophone]]-style Kashmiri [[percussion]] instrument of [[nout]] (clay pot) by the local singer Mohammad Yousuf Shah who then invited him to his troup for training and work. Having become a musician in his own right, for three decades Shah played and sang for the [[Sufi saint]] Ahad Sahib of [[Sopore]] (1980–2010),<ref>[https://therealkashmir.com/kashmiris-fondly-remember-sufi-saint-ahad-baba-on-his-10th-death-anniversary/ Kashmiris Fondly Remember Sufi Saint Ahad Baba on His 10th Annual Urs. 2020. ''The Real News''. 26 Jul.]</ref> beginning at the turn of the 1980s.<ref>[https://kashmirlife.net/melancholic-melody-126513/ Zubair Sofi. 2016. Melancholic Melody. ''Kashmir Life''. 14 Dec.]</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==

	In 2016, the posh Rawalpora (Colony) section of [[Srinagar]] ~~(or~~ the ~~administrative~~ capital of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]], a group of young men for whom he performed filmed Shah on a mobile phone and uploaded the video to the internet. The musician sang for them a famous elegy by a 16th-century Muslim poet and ascetic [[Habba Khatoon]] (who was also Empress Consort of the [[Yousuf Shah Chak\|last Emperor of Kashmir]]).<ref>[https://kashmirlife.net/melancholic-melody-126513/ Zubair Sofi. 2016. Melancholic Melody. ''Kashmir Life''. 14 Dec.]</ref> Without the humble and God-fearing musician's knowledge, this video went viral on the web and unexpectedly made him into a celebrity. Previously, he performed in [[mehfil]]s ([[Dervish]] gatherings) and for weddings, while at present his songs are listened to online around the world.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/02/kashmir-folk-singer-rise-dusty-street-music-star-noor-mohammad-shah Hanna Ellis-Petersen (Delhi) with ''Azhar Qadri'' (Srinagar). 2021. ‘It feels good’: Kashmir folk singer's rise from dusty street to music star. ''The Guardian''. 2 Jul.]</ref> In 2018 the Kashmiri- and Urdu-language poet and musician [[Mohammad Muneer Nazir]] and his band ~~[[Alif (band)\|~~Alif]], invited Shah to produce a Kashmiri-language single 'Ride Home'.<ref>[https://freepresskashmir.news/2018/12/04/ride-home-new-kashmiri-single-by-muhammad-muneem-features-local-artist-noor-mohammad/ Marouf Gazi. 2018. Ride Home: New Kashmiri single by Mohammad Muneem (Alif) features local artist Noor Mohammad. ''FreePressKashmir''. 4 Dec.]</ref> It proved a great success, watched online by over 3 million viewers.		In 2016, the posh Rawalpora (Colony) section of [[Srinagar]], the summer capital of the [[Indian state]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]], a group of young men for whom he performed filmed Shah on a mobile phone and uploaded the video to the internet. The song which Noor Mohammad sang was "Kato chukh nudibaney walo mashiko myani" was filmed by Shah Jahan Tantray of Rawalpora. The musician sang for them a famous elegy by a 16th-century Muslim poet and ascetic [[Habba Khatoon]] (who was also Empress Consort of the [[Yousuf Shah Chak\|last Emperor of Kashmir]]).<ref>[https://kashmirlife.net/melancholic-melody-126513/ Zubair Sofi. 2016. Melancholic Melody. ''Kashmir Life''. 14 Dec.]</ref> Without the humble and God-fearing musician's knowledge, this video went viral on the web and unexpectedly made him into a celebrity. Previously, he performed in [[mehfil]]s ([[Dervish]] gatherings) and for weddings, while at present his songs are listened to online around the world.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/02/kashmir-folk-singer-rise-dusty-street-music-star-noor-mohammad-shah Hanna Ellis-Petersen (Delhi) with ''Azhar Qadri'' (Srinagar). 2021. ‘It feels good’: Kashmir folk singer's rise from dusty street to music star. ''The Guardian''. 2 Jul.]</ref> In 2018 the Kashmiri and Urdu-language poet and musician Mohammad Muneer Nazir and his band Alif, invited Shah to produce a [[Kashmiri language\|Kashmiri-language]] single 'Ride Home'.<ref>[https://freepresskashmir.news/2018/12/04/ride-home-new-kashmiri-single-by-muhammad-muneem-features-local-artist-noor-mohammad/ Marouf Gazi. 2018. Ride Home: New Kashmiri single by Mohammad Muneem (Alif) features local artist Noor Mohammad. ''FreePressKashmir''. 4 Dec.]</ref> It proved a great success, watched online by over 3 million viewers.
			<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coEkDyVqG78&ab_channel=ShahSteel \| title=Noor Mohammad Now, Best traditional Kashmiri song performed by unknown street singer (2017)in SGR \| website=[[YouTube]] \| date=13 February 2015 }}</ref>
			His song with Danish's Renzu's label Renzu Music Hoshdar won hearts and has become the anthem for Kashmiri youth.<ref>[https://rollingstoneindia.com/renzu-music-hoshdar-song-video-huzaif-nazar-noor-mohammad-hyder-dar/ Kashmir’s New Record Label Renzu Music Launches Debut Release with Pensive Song ‘Hoshdar’. ''RollingStone''. 20 Apr.]</ref>
			His biggest hit Janaan which hit organic 4 million views released on Zee music and was also produced by [[Danish Renzu]]
			<ref>[https://www.lifestyleasia.com/ind/culture/music/how-danish-renzu-is-bringing-kashmir-to-the-world/ How Danish Renzu is bringing Kashmir to the world. ''LifeStyleAsia''. 22 Jul.]</ref>

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{{short description|Kashmiri musician and rabab player}}
{{EngvarB|date=July 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox musical artist 
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Noor Mohammad Shah
| honorific_suffix =
| image = Noor-Mohammad-Shah.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth year|1961}}
| birth_place = [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| genre = [[Sufi music]]
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* Musician
* songwriter
}}
| instrument = {{flatlist|
* [[Rabāb|Rabab]]
}}
| years_active = 1980–present
| label = {{flatlist|
* [[Zee Music Company]]}}
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
* Mohammad Muneer Nazir<ref>[https://freepresskashmir.news/2018/12/04/ride-home-new-kashmiri-single-by-muhammad-muneem-features-local-artist-noor-mohammad/ Marouf Gazi. 2018. Ride Home: New Kashmiri single by Mohammad Muneem (Alif) features local artist Noor Mohammad. ''FreePressKashmir''. 4 Dec.]</ref>
* Alif<ref>[https://www.wordsofalif.com Alif]</ref>
}}
| module = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed = yes
}}
| website =
}}

'''Noor Mohammad Shah''' ([[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]: نور محمد شاہ, born in 1961) is a traditional [[Sufism|Sufi]] music performer and songwriter, from ''Baki-Aker'' village in [[Handwara]] town of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|North Kashmir's]] [[Kupwara District]] (Kupwara district is sharing its [[Line of Control|border]] with Pakistan).<ref>[https://kashmirlife.net/melancholic-melody-126513/ Zubair Sofi. 2016. Melancholic Melody. ''Kashmir Life''. 14 Dec.]</ref>

==Background==
Shah is a traditional [[Sufism|Sufi]] music performer and songwriter and a [[virtuoso]] of the [[Rabāb|rabab]]. When a boy, in 1970, he was noticed for his talent with the [[idiophone]]-style Kashmiri [[percussion]] instrument of [[nout]] (clay pot) by the local singer Mohammad Yousuf Shah who then invited him to his troup for training and work. Having become a musician in his own right, for three decades Shah played and sang for the [[Sufi saint]] Ahad Sahib of [[Sopore]] (1930-2010),<ref>[https://therealkashmir.com/kashmiris-fondly-remember-sufi-saint-ahad-baba-on-his-10th-death-anniversary/ Kashmiris Fondly Remember Sufi Saint Ahad Baba on His 10th Annual Urs. 2020. ''The Real News''. 26 Jul.]</ref> beginning at the turn of the 1980s<ref>[https://kashmirlife.net/melancholic-melody-126513/ Zubair Sofi. 2016. Melancholic Melody. ''Kashmir Life''. 14 Dec.]</ref>

==Career==

In 2016, the posh Rawalpora (Colony) section of [[Srinagar]] (or the administrative capital of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], a group of young men for whom he performed filmed Shah on a mobile phone and uploaded the video to the internet. The musician sang for them a famous elegy by a 16th-century Muslim poet and ascetic [[Habba Khatoon]] (who was also Empress Consort of the [[Yousuf Shah Chak|last Emperor of Kashmir]]).<ref>[https://kashmirlife.net/melancholic-melody-126513/ Zubair Sofi. 2016. Melancholic Melody. ''Kashmir Life''. 14 Dec.]</ref> Without the humble and God-fearing musician's knowledge, this video went viral on the web and unexpectedly made him into a celebrity. Previously, he performed in [[mehfil]]s ([[Dervish]] gatherings) and for weddings, while at present his songs are listened to online around the world.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/02/kashmir-folk-singer-rise-dusty-street-music-star-noor-mohammad-shah Hanna Ellis-Petersen (Delhi) with ''Azhar Qadri'' (Srinagar). 2021. ‘It feels good’: Kashmir folk singer's rise from dusty street to music star. ''The Guardian''. 2 Jul.]</ref> In 2018 the Kashmiri- and Urdu-language poet and musician [[Mohammad Muneer Nazir]] and his band [[Alif (band)|Alif]], invited Shah to produce a Kashmiri-language single 'Ride Home'.<ref>[https://freepresskashmir.news/2018/12/04/ride-home-new-kashmiri-single-by-muhammad-muneem-features-local-artist-noor-mohammad/ Marouf Gazi. 2018. Ride Home: New Kashmiri single by Mohammad Muneem (Alif) features local artist Noor Mohammad. ''FreePressKashmir''. 4 Dec.]</ref> It proved a great success, watched online by over 3 million viewers.

==References==
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[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Hindustani instrumentalists]]
[[Category:Indian Muslims]]
[[Category:Kashmiri language]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Performers of Sufi music]]
[[Category:Private Music artists]]
[[Category:Sufi music]]