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	[[Ustad]] '''Sultan Khan''' (15 April 1940 – 27 November 2011) was an ~~[[India]]n~~ ''[[sarangi]]'' player and [[Hindustani classical music\|classical]] vocalist belonging to ''Sikar Gharana''. He was one of the founding members of the Indian fusion group [[Tabla Beat Science]], with [[Zakir Hussain (musician)\|Zakir Hussain]] and [[Bill Laswell]]. He was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]], India's third highest civilian honour, in 2010.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/arts/music/sultan-khan-indian-classical-musician-and-sarangi-player-dies-at-71.html \|title=Sultan Khan, Indian Classical Musician, Dies at 71\|newspaper=The New York Times\|date=5 December 2011\|author=Jon Pareles\|access-date=23 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=2010 Padma Awards\|url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Award=Padma%20Bhushan&Year=2010-2010 \|website=Ministry of Home Affairs (India) \|date=25 January 2010 \|access-date=22 October 2020}}</ref><ref name=NPR>{{cite web\|last=Tsioulcas\|first=Anastasia\|title=One Of India's Leading Musicians, Sultan Khan, Dies At Age 71\|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2011/11/27/142822691/one-of-indias-leading-musicians-sultan-khan-dies-at-age-71\|website=National Public Radio (NPR - U.S. website)\|date=27 November 2011\|access-date=22 October 2020}}</ref>		[[Ustad]] '''Sultan Khan''' (15 April 1940 – 27 November 2011) was an Indian ''[[sarangi]]'' player and [[Hindustani classical music\|classical]] vocalist belonging to ''Sikar Gharana''. He was one of the founding members of the Indian fusion group [[Tabla Beat Science]], with [[Zakir Hussain (musician)\|Zakir Hussain]] and [[Bill Laswell]]. He was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]], India's third highest civilian honour, in 2010.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/arts/music/sultan-khan-indian-classical-musician-and-sarangi-player-dies-at-71.html \|title=Sultan Khan, Indian Classical Musician, Dies at 71\|newspaper=The New York Times\|date=5 December 2011\|author=Jon Pareles\|access-date=23 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=2010 Padma Awards\|url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Award=Padma%20Bhushan&Year=2010-2010 \|website=Ministry of Home Affairs (India) \|date=25 January 2010 \|access-date=22 October 2020}}</ref><ref name=NPR>{{cite web\|last=Tsioulcas\|first=Anastasia\|title=One Of India's Leading Musicians, Sultan Khan, Dies At Age 71\|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2011/11/27/142822691/one-of-indias-leading-musicians-sultan-khan-dies-at-age-71\|website=National Public Radio (NPR - U.S. website)\|date=27 November 2011\|access-date=22 October 2020}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Sultan Khan was born on 15 April 1940 in [[~~Jodhpur~~]], [[Rajasthan]], a princely state in the [[British Raj\|Indian Empire]].<ref name=NYT/><ref name="Qureshi">{{cite book \|title=Master musicians of India: hereditary sarangi players speak \|last=Burckhardt Qureshi \|first=Regula \|year=2007 \|publisher=Routledge \|isbn=978-0-415-97202-4 \|page=153}}</ref> He learned sarangi from his father Ustad Gulab Khan.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Ganesh\|first=Deepa\|title=The sarangiya's song (Sultan Khan)\|newspaper=The Hindu (newspaper)\|date=11 January 2005\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/the-sarangiyas-song/article28146165.ece\|access-date=22 October 2020}}</ref><ref name=Statesman/>		Sultan Khan was born on 15 April 1940 in [[Sikar District]], [[Rajasthan]], a princely state in the [[British Raj\|Indian Empire]].<ref name=NYT/><ref name="Qureshi">{{cite book \|title=Master musicians of India: hereditary sarangi players speak \|last=Burckhardt Qureshi \|first=Regula \|year=2007 \|publisher=Routledge \|isbn=978-0-415-97202-4 \|page=153}}</ref> He learned sarangi from his father Ustad Gulab Khan.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Ganesh\|first=Deepa\|title=The sarangiya's song (Sultan Khan)\|newspaper=The Hindu (newspaper)\|date=11 January 2005\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/the-sarangiyas-song/article28146165.ece\|access-date=22 October 2020}}</ref><ref name=Statesman/>

	==Career==		==Career==
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	He has had the good fortune of accompanying all the great music maestros like [[Ustad Amir Khan]], [[Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan]], Pt.[[Omkarnath Thakur]], [[Sham Chaurasia gharana\|Ustad Nazakat Ali Khan-Salamat Ali Khan]] of Pakistan, [[Kishori Amonkar]], [[Zakir Hussain (musician)\|Zakir Hussain]] and many others. He also performed on-stage with the sitar player [[Ravi Shankar]] and tabla player [[Alla Rakha]] at the classical music concerts. He is acknowledged both as a sarangi player and a vocalist and has several albums to his credit.<ref name=TOI/><ref name=TheGuardian/><ref name=NYT/>		He has had the good fortune of accompanying all the great music maestros like [[Ustad Amir Khan]], [[Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan]], Pt.[[Omkarnath Thakur]], [[Sham Chaurasia gharana\|Ustad Nazakat Ali Khan-Salamat Ali Khan]] of Pakistan, [[Kishori Amonkar]], [[Zakir Hussain (musician)\|Zakir Hussain]] and many others. He also performed on-stage with the sitar player [[Ravi Shankar]] and tabla player [[Alla Rakha]] at the classical music concerts. He is acknowledged both as a sarangi player and a vocalist and has several albums to his credit.<ref name=TOI/><ref name=TheGuardian/><ref name=NYT/>

	He has taught music producers such as [[Sukshinder Shinda]] and [[Ram Gopal Varma]] (who provided the music for his film, ''[[Deyyam]]'') to play the ''sarangi''. He had many students, but few gandhabandh disciples are Bollywood music composer & Director [[Vishal Bhardwaj]], Sandesh Shandaliya, composer [[Ilaiyaraaja]], [[Gurdas Maan]], [[Falu]], Anand Vyas, [[Ikram Khan]], Vinod Pawar, Sabir khan, Dilshad Khan, and [[Deeyah]], a Norwegian-born singer, and he performed on her debut album ''I Alt Slags Lys'' in 1992.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.deeyahpoint.co.uk/nor/no/spreeiz8.jpg \|title=Mixed various Pakistani musical styles with jazz and western folk music \|access-date=22 October 2020 \|website=deeyahpoint.co.uk website\|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301221905/http://www.deeyahpoint.co.uk/nor/no/spreeiz8.jpg \|archive-date=1 March 2012 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=TheGuardian/>		He has taught music producers such as [[Sukshinder Shinda]] and [[Ram Gopal Varma]] (who provided the music for his film, ''[[Deyyam (1996 film)\|Deyyam]]'') to play the ''sarangi''. He had many students, but few gandhabandh disciples are Bollywood music composer & Director [[Vishal Bhardwaj]], Sandesh Shandaliya, composer [[Ilaiyaraaja]], [[Gurdas Maan]], [[Falu]], Anand Vyas, [[Ikram Khan]], Vinod Pawar, Sabir khan, Dilshad Khan, and [[Deeyah]], a Norwegian-born singer, and he performed on her debut album ''I Alt Slags Lys'' in 1992.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.deeyahpoint.co.uk/nor/no/spreeiz8.jpg \|title=Mixed various Pakistani musical styles with jazz and western folk music \|access-date=22 October 2020 \|website=deeyahpoint.co.uk website\|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301221905/http://www.deeyahpoint.co.uk/nor/no/spreeiz8.jpg \|archive-date=1 March 2012 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=TheGuardian/>

	He contributed vocals and ''sarangi'' to Dizrhythmia's first LP and [[Gavin Harrison]]'s 1998 solo album Sanity & Gravity. He sang "[[Albela Sajan Aayo Re]]..."along with [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]] and [[Shankar Mahadevan]] in the Hindi film ''[[Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam]]'' in 1999. He has also given his voice in films like [[Maqbool]], [[Kachche Dhaage]], [[Mr. and Mrs. Iyer]], [[Parzania]], [[Jab We Met]], [[Agni Varsha]], [[Superstar (2008 Hindi film)\|Superstar]], Rahul and [[Paanch]]. He also performed or recorded with Pakistani qawwali singer [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]].<ref name=TheGuardian/><ref name=NYT/>		He contributed vocals and ''sarangi'' to Dizrhythmia's first LP and [[Gavin Harrison]]'s 1998 solo album Sanity & Gravity. He sang "[[Albela Sajan Aayo Re]]..."along with [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]] and [[Shankar Mahadevan]] in the Hindi film ''[[Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam]]'' in 1999. He has also given his voice in films like [[Maqbool]], [[Kachche Dhaage]], [[Mr. and Mrs. Iyer]], [[Parzania]], [[Jab We Met]], [[Agni Varsha]], [[Superstar (2008 Hindi film)\|Superstar]], Rahul and [[Paanch]]. He also performed or recorded with Pakistani qawwali singer [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]].<ref name=TheGuardian/><ref name=NYT/>

	In 1982, the Oscar-winning film [[Gandhi (film)\|Gandhi]] also featured his music and thereafter he recorded for other [[Hollywood]] films such as [[Heat and Dust (film)\|Heat and Dust]] in 1983 (Merchant Ivory productions). Sultan Khan played the sad sarangi music during the sorrowful scenes of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s assassination and funeral.<ref name=TheGuardian/> In 1993, he performed along with Ustad [[Alla Rakha]] and Ustad [[Zakir Hussain (musician)\|Zakir Hussain]] in one of the rooms at the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]] where eminent persons were in attendance to witness a rare musical performance. After that, he became a regular artist for [[BBC Radio]] London. He was also interviewed for the BBC world service and also composed the musical track for the BBC 2 documentary "London Calling"(1997).<ref name=TheGuardian/><ref name=NYT/>		In 1982, the Oscar-winning film [[Gandhi (film)\|Gandhi]] also featured his music and thereafter he recorded for other [[Cinema of the United States\|Hollywood]] films such as [[Heat and Dust (film)\|Heat and Dust]] in 1983 (Merchant Ivory productions). Sultan Khan played the sad sarangi music during the sorrowful scenes of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s assassination and funeral.<ref name=TheGuardian/> In 1993, he performed along with Ustad [[Alla Rakha]] and Ustad [[Zakir Hussain (musician)\|Zakir Hussain]] in one of the rooms at the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]] where eminent persons were in attendance to witness a rare musical performance. After that, he became a regular artist for [[BBC Radio]] London. He was also interviewed for the BBC world service and also composed the musical track for the BBC 2 documentary "London Calling"(1997).<ref name=TheGuardian/><ref name=NYT/>

	The association with film maker [[Ismail Merchant]] further when Ustad Sultan Khan together with Ustad Zakir Hussain composed the soundtrack for the film [[In Custody (film)\|In Custody]] (1993) and where the musical score adapted to suite a particular genre of the [[Urdu language]]. Thereafter, Ustad Sultan Khan also composed musical score for another Merchant Ivory production, this time for Channel 4 in Britain, called "The Street Musician of Bombay".<ref name=TheGuardian/>		The association with film maker [[Ismail Merchant]] further when Ustad Sultan Khan together with Ustad Zakir Hussain composed the soundtrack for the film [[In Custody (film)\|In Custody]] (1993) and where the musical score adapted to suite a particular genre of the [[Urdu language]]. Thereafter, Ustad Sultan Khan also composed musical score for another Merchant Ivory production, this time for Channel 4 in Britain, called "The Street Musician of Bombay".<ref name=TheGuardian/>
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	Ustad Sultan Khan's album [[Piya Basanti]] together with indian playback singer [[K. S. Chitra]] was released in 2000 and it was the number one album of the year. The title song won an international viewers' choice award at the 2001 [[MTV Video Music Awards]]. Some of his other famous albums are [[Ustad & the Divas]] [[Super Cassettes Industries T-Series\|(T-Series]]), Ustad Sultan Khan & his friends (Times Music), Shoonya (BMG), Bhoomi (Virgin), and Pukaar (Sony Music) with [[Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]].<ref name=NPR/><ref name=NYT/>		Ustad Sultan Khan's album [[Piya Basanti]] together with indian playback singer [[K. S. Chitra]] was released in 2000 and it was the number one album of the year. The title song won an international viewers' choice award at the 2001 [[MTV Video Music Awards]]. Some of his other famous albums are [[Ustad & the Divas]] [[Super Cassettes Industries T-Series\|(T-Series]]), Ustad Sultan Khan & his friends (Times Music), Shoonya (BMG), Bhoomi (Virgin), and Pukaar (Sony Music) with [[Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]].<ref name=NPR/><ref name=NYT/>

	Sultan Khan performed for the [[Tamil cinema\|Tamil]] film [[Yogi (2009 film)\|''Yogi'']]. He played a solo ''sarangi'' for ''Yogi'''s theme and also for the song "Yaarodu Yaaro" from the same album.		Sultan Khan performed for the [[Tamil cinema\|Tamil]] film [[Yogi (2009 Tamil film)\|''Yogi'']]. He played a solo ''sarangi'' for ''Yogi'''s theme and also for the song "Yaarodu Yaaro" from the same album.

	British writer [[Geoff Dyer]] has said that he is an admirer of Sultan Khan's work, especially his rendition of a Rajastani folk song at the end of a 1991 recording of [[Bhupali\|Rag Bhupali]] with Zakir Hussain on tabla. He has written of Khan's performance, "It is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I know - an audible vision of how the world might appear if you were able to purge yourself of all baseness and ugliness."<ref name=TheGuardian>{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jan/06/sultan-khan \|author=Reginald Massey\|newspaper=The Guardian (newspaper)\|date=6 January 2012\|title=Sultan Khan obituary\|access-date=22 October 2020}}</ref><ref>Garner, Dwight (18 June 2007) [http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/living-with-music-a-playlist-from-geoff-dyer/ Living with Music: A Playlist from Geoff Dyer] The New York Times, Retrieved 22 October 2020</ref>		British writer [[Geoff Dyer]] has said that he is an admirer of Sultan Khan's work, especially his rendition of a Rajastani folk song at the end of a 1991 recording of [[Bhupali\|Rag Bhupali]] with Zakir Hussain on tabla. He has written of Khan's performance, "It is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I know - an audible vision of how the world might appear if you were able to purge yourself of all baseness and ugliness."<ref name=TheGuardian>{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jan/06/sultan-khan \|author=Reginald Massey\|newspaper=The Guardian (newspaper)\|date=6 January 2012\|title=Sultan Khan obituary\|access-date=22 October 2020}}</ref><ref>Garner, Dwight (18 June 2007) [http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/living-with-music-a-playlist-from-geoff-dyer/ Living with Music: A Playlist from Geoff Dyer] The New York Times, Retrieved 22 October 2020</ref>

	His last musical offering along with his son [[Sabir Khan]] will be used in the upcoming [[multilingual]] film [[Amma (2015 film)\|Amma]] which is being directed by [[controversial]] director [[Faisal Saif]].		His last musical offering along with his son [[Sabir Khan (musician)\|Sabir Khan]] will be used in the upcoming [[multilingual]] film [[Amma (2015 film)\|Amma]] which is being directed by [[controversial]] director [[Faisal Saif]].

	==Awards and recognition==		==Awards and recognition==
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	==Family==		==Family==
	He is survived by his wife Bano, son [[Sabir Khan]] who is his disciple and a [[sarangi]] player, as well as two daughters Reshma and Shera. His brother Late Nasir Khan was a sitar player, as is his younger brother Niyaz Ahmed Khan. His nephews include Salamat Ali Khan (sitar player), Imran Khan (sitar player and music composer), Dilshad Khan (sarangi player) and Irfan Khan (sitar player). His most prominent student has been London-based Kaleem Sheikh (vocalist and musicologist). He has been a music journalist for the BBC and has successfully performed at London's Nehru centre and other venues. His work has received commendations from British Parliamentatians.		He is survived by his wife Bano, son [[Sabir Khan (musician)\|Sabir Khan]] who is his disciple and a [[sarangi]] player, as well as two daughters Reshma and Shera. His brother Late Nasir Khan was a sitar player, as is his younger brother Niyaz Ahmed Khan. His nephews include Salamat Ali Khan (sitar player), Imran Khan (sitar player and music composer), Dilshad Khan (sarangi player) and Irfan Khan (sitar player). His most prominent student has been London-based Kaleem Sheikh (vocalist and musicologist). He has been a music journalist for the BBC and has successfully performed at London's Nehru centre and other venues. His work has received commendations from British Parliamentatians.

	==Death and legacy==		==Death and legacy==
	Sultan Khan died on 27 November 2011 in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India after a prolonged illness.<ref name=Statesman>{{cite news\|title=Sarangi player Ustad Sultan Khan passes away\|url=http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=391430&catid=35\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614104133/http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=391430&catid=35\|date=27 November 2011\|newspaper=The Statesman (Indian newspaper)\|agency=Press Trust of India\|archive-date=14 June 2012\|access-date=22 October 2020}}</ref><ref name=TOI/><ref name=NYT/>		Sultan Khan died on 27 November 2011 in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India after a prolonged illness.<ref name=Statesman>{{cite news\|title=Sarangi player Ustad Sultan Khan passes away\|url=http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=391430&catid=35\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614104133/http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=391430&catid=35\|date=27 November 2011\|newspaper=The Statesman (Indian newspaper)\|agency=Press Trust of India\|archive-date=14 June 2012\|access-date=22 October 2020}}</ref><ref name=TOI/><ref name=NYT/> His death occurred on the eve of the 11th anniversary of the release of his album, Piya Basanti Re.

	He was undergoing ~~kidney~~ [[dialysis]] for the last four years and lost his speech in the last few days of his life. He died on his way to the hospital. The funeral was held in his hometown of [[Jodhpur]], [[Rajasthan]] on 28 November 2011.<ref name=TOI/>		He was undergoing [[kidney dialysis]] for the last four years and lost his speech in the last few days of his life. He died on his way to the hospital. The funeral was held in his hometown of [[Jodhpur]], [[Rajasthan]] on 28 November 2011.<ref name=TOI/>

	''[[The New York Times]]'' newspaper carried his obituary and reportedly quoted the tabla player [[Zakir Hussain (musician)\|Zakir Hussain]] as saying, "It is thought among musicians in India that his sarangi literally sang. He was able to coax out of the instrument all the nuances of the vocal style of Indian music."<ref name=NYT/>		''[[The New York Times]]'' newspaper carried his obituary and reportedly quoted the tabla player [[Zakir Hussain (musician)\|Zakir Hussain]] as saying, "It is thought among musicians in India that his sarangi literally sang. He was able to coax out of the instrument all the nuances of the vocal style of Indian music."<ref name=NYT/>
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	==External links==		==External links==
	~~{{Commons category\|Sultan Khan}}~~
	* {{AllMusic\|class=artist\|id=p42756\|label=Sultan Khan}}		* {{AllMusic\|class=artist\|id=p42756\|label=Sultan Khan}}
	* {{IMDb name\|0451335\|Ustad Sultan Khan}}		* {{IMDb name\|0451335\|Ustad Sultan Khan}}
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	[[Category:Musicians from Jharkhand]]		[[Category:Musicians from Jharkhand]]
	[[Category:20th-century male singers]]		[[Category:20th-century Indian male singers]]
			[[Category:20th-century Indian singers]]
	[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]		[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]
	[[Category:20th-century Khyal singers]]		[[Category:20th-century Khyal singers]]

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{{Short description|Indian musician (1940–2011)}}
{{Hatnote|For other people named Sultan Khan see [[Sultan Khan (disambiguation)]]}}
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{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Sultan Khan
| image = Sultan Khan 2009 - Still 67757 crop.jpg
| alt = Image of Ustad Sultan Khan sitting and smiling
| caption = Sultan Khan in 2009
| image_size = 199
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 15 April 1940
| birth_place = [[Jodhpur]], [[Jodhpur State]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 27 November 2011 (aged 71)
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| origin = [[Rajasthan]], India
| instrument = ''[[Sarangi]]''
| genre = [[Hindustani classical music]]
| occupation = Sarangi player
| years_active = 1960 – 2009
| associated_acts = [[Tabla Beat Science]], [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]]
| honorific_prefix = '''[[Ustad]]'''
| honorific_suffix = '''[[Padma Bhushan]]'''
| }}

[[Ustad]] '''Sultan Khan''' (15 April 1940 – 27 November 2011) was an [[India]]n ''[[sarangi]]'' player and [[Hindustani classical music|classical]] vocalist belonging to ''Sikar Gharana''. He was one of the founding members of the Indian fusion group [[Tabla Beat Science]], with [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]] and [[Bill Laswell]]. He was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]], India's third highest civilian honour, in 2010.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/arts/music/sultan-khan-indian-classical-musician-and-sarangi-player-dies-at-71.html |title=Sultan Khan, Indian Classical Musician, Dies at 71|newspaper=The New York Times|date=5 December 2011|author=Jon Pareles|access-date=23 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2010 Padma Awards|url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Award=Padma%20Bhushan&Year=2010-2010 |website=Ministry of Home Affairs (India) |date=25 January 2010 |access-date=22 October 2020}}</ref><ref name=NPR>{{cite web|last=Tsioulcas|first=Anastasia|title=One Of India's Leading Musicians, Sultan Khan, Dies At Age 71|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2011/11/27/142822691/one-of-indias-leading-musicians-sultan-khan-dies-at-age-71|website=National Public Radio (NPR - U.S. website)|date=27 November 2011|access-date=22 October 2020}}</ref>

==Early life==
Sultan Khan was born on 15 April 1940 in [[Jodhpur]], [[Rajasthan]], a princely state in the [[British Raj|Indian Empire]].<ref name=NYT/><ref name="Qureshi">{{cite book |title=Master musicians of India: hereditary sarangi players speak |last=Burckhardt Qureshi |first=Regula |year=2007 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-97202-4 |page=153}}</ref> He learned sarangi from his father Ustad Gulab Khan.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ganesh|first=Deepa|title=The sarangiya's song (Sultan Khan)|newspaper=The Hindu (newspaper)|date=11 January 2005|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/the-sarangiyas-song/article28146165.ece|access-date=22 October 2020}}</ref><ref name=Statesman/>

==Career==
Sultan Khan started his career at the [[All India Radio]] station, [[Rajkot]] in [[Gujarat]] as a 20-year-old boy in 1960. After having spent eight years in Rajkot very happily, he got a chance to play with [[Lata Mangeshkar]] during her visit to Rajkot. She asked him to play the sarangi while she sang. This proved a turning point for him and his career. Thereafter, he was transferred to the Mumbai radio station. Having joined the Mumbai radio, he was not only deeply involved with the Mumbai classical music circuit but also with film industry music.<ref name=TOI/><ref name=TheGuardian/>

He gave his first performance at the All-India Music Conference at the age of eleven,<ref name=Statesman/><ref name=NYT/> and has performed on an international scale with [[Ravi Shankar]] on [[George Harrison]]'s 1974 Dark Horse World Tour.<ref>{{cite book |title=World Music: The Rough Guide |last=Broughton |first=Simon |author2=Ellingham, Mark |author3=Trillo, Richard |author4=McConnachie, James |author5= Duane, Orla |year=2000 |publisher=Rough Guides |isbn=1-85828-636-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QzX8THIgRjUC&pg=PA77 |access-date=22 October 2020|page=77}}</ref><ref name=Statesman/><ref name=TheGuardian/>

He has had the good fortune of accompanying all the great music maestros like [[Ustad Amir Khan]], [[Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan]], Pt.[[Omkarnath Thakur]], [[Sham Chaurasia gharana|Ustad Nazakat Ali Khan-Salamat Ali Khan]] of Pakistan, [[Kishori Amonkar]], [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]] and many others. He also performed on-stage with the sitar player [[Ravi Shankar]] and tabla player [[Alla Rakha]] at the classical music concerts. He is acknowledged both as a sarangi player and a vocalist and has several albums to his credit.<ref name=TOI/><ref name=TheGuardian/><ref name=NYT/>

He has taught music producers such as [[Sukshinder Shinda]] and [[Ram Gopal Varma]] (who provided the music for his film, ''[[Deyyam]]'') to play the ''sarangi''. He had many students, but few gandhabandh disciples are Bollywood music composer & Director [[Vishal Bhardwaj]], Sandesh Shandaliya, composer [[Ilaiyaraaja]], [[Gurdas Maan]], [[Falu]], Anand Vyas, [[Ikram Khan]], Vinod Pawar, Sabir khan, Dilshad Khan, and [[Deeyah]], a Norwegian-born singer, and he performed on her debut album ''I Alt Slags Lys'' in 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deeyahpoint.co.uk/nor/no/spreeiz8.jpg |title=Mixed various Pakistani musical styles with jazz and western folk music |access-date=22 October 2020 |website=deeyahpoint.co.uk website|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301221905/http://www.deeyahpoint.co.uk/nor/no/spreeiz8.jpg |archive-date=1 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=TheGuardian/>

He contributed vocals and ''sarangi'' to Dizrhythmia's first LP and [[Gavin Harrison]]'s 1998 solo album Sanity & Gravity. He sang "[[Albela Sajan Aayo Re]]..."along with [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]] and [[Shankar Mahadevan]] in the Hindi film ''[[Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam]]'' in 1999. He has also given his voice in films like [[Maqbool]], [[Kachche Dhaage]], [[Mr. and Mrs. Iyer]], [[Parzania]], [[Jab We Met]], [[Agni Varsha]], [[Superstar (2008 Hindi film)|Superstar]], Rahul and [[Paanch]]. He also performed or recorded with Pakistani qawwali singer [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]].<ref name=TheGuardian/><ref name=NYT/>

In 1982, the Oscar-winning film [[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]] also featured his music and thereafter he recorded for other [[Hollywood]] films such as [[Heat and Dust (film)|Heat and Dust]] in 1983 (Merchant Ivory productions). Sultan Khan played the sad sarangi music during the sorrowful scenes of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s assassination and funeral.<ref name=TheGuardian/> In 1993, he performed along with Ustad [[Alla Rakha]] and Ustad [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]] in one of the rooms at the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]] where eminent persons were in attendance to witness a rare musical performance. After that, he became a regular artist for [[BBC Radio]] London. He was also interviewed for the BBC world service and also composed the musical track for the BBC 2 documentary "London Calling"(1997).<ref name=TheGuardian/><ref name=NYT/>

The association with film maker [[Ismail Merchant]] further when Ustad Sultan Khan together with Ustad Zakir Hussain composed the soundtrack for the film [[In Custody (film)|In Custody]] (1993) and where the musical score adapted to suite a particular genre of the [[Urdu language]]. Thereafter, Ustad Sultan Khan also composed musical score for another Merchant Ivory production, this time for Channel 4 in Britain, called "The Street Musician of Bombay".<ref name=TheGuardian/>

He has several albums to his credits and he has been applauded by for his performances by [[Madonna]] in 1997. He also performed in a Sufi Music Festival at the [[White house]] in Washington, D. C. in 1998. He played at a select party in honour of the [[Prince of Wales]]'s birthday at [[Buckingham Palace]] in 1997.<ref name=TheGuardian/><ref name=NYT/>

Sultan Khan appeared on [[Good People in Times of Evil]] in 2000 with [[Jonas Hellborg]] and guitar virtuoso [[Shawn Lane]]. Sultan Khan once told an interviewer, "Western influences have given a different dimension to my music."<ref name=NYT/>

Ustad Sultan Khan's album [[Piya Basanti]] together with indian playback singer [[K. S. Chitra]] was released in 2000 and it was the number one album of the year. The title song won an international viewers' choice award at the 2001 [[MTV Video Music Awards]]. Some of his other famous albums are [[Ustad & the Divas]] [[Super Cassettes Industries T-Series|(T-Series]]), Ustad Sultan Khan & his friends (Times Music), Shoonya (BMG), Bhoomi (Virgin), and Pukaar (Sony Music) with [[Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]].<ref name=NPR/><ref name=NYT/>

Sultan Khan performed for the [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] film [[Yogi (2009 film)|''Yogi'']]. He played a solo ''sarangi'' for ''Yogi'''s theme and also for the song "Yaarodu Yaaro" from the same album.

British writer [[Geoff Dyer]] has said that he is an admirer of Sultan Khan's work, especially his rendition of a Rajastani folk song at the end of a 1991 recording of [[Bhupali|Rag Bhupali]] with Zakir Hussain on tabla. He has written of Khan's performance, "It is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I know - an audible vision of how the world might appear if you were able to purge yourself of all baseness and ugliness."<ref name=TheGuardian>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jan/06/sultan-khan |author=Reginald Massey|newspaper=The Guardian (newspaper)|date=6 January 2012|title=Sultan Khan obituary|access-date=22 October 2020}}</ref><ref>Garner, Dwight (18 June 2007) [http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/living-with-music-a-playlist-from-geoff-dyer/ Living with Music: A Playlist from Geoff Dyer] The New York Times, Retrieved 22 October 2020</ref>

His last musical offering along with his son [[Sabir Khan]] will be used in the upcoming [[multilingual]] film [[Amma (2015 film)|Amma]] which is being directed by [[controversial]] director [[Faisal Saif]].

==Awards and recognition==
*[[Padma Bhushan]] Award in 2010.<ref name=Statesman/><ref name=NPR/><ref name=NYT/>
*Sultan Khan won numerous musical awards including the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1992,<ref name=Statesman/> also known as the President's Award, as well as the Gold Medalist Award of Maharashtra and the American Academy of Artists Award in 1998. In 1997, he was requested to perform at [[Prince Charles]]' 49th birthday celebrations.<ref name=TOI>Devidayal, Namita (28 November 2011). [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sultan-Khan-sarangi-maestro-passes-away/articleshow/10898084.cms Sultan Khan, sarangi maestro, passes away] The Times of India, Retrieved 22 October 2020</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331060603/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |archive-date=31 March 2016|date=17 April 2010|title=List of Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (scroll down to section titled (Instrumental-Sarangi)|website=Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards website|access-date=22 October 2020}}</ref><ref name=TheGuardian/><ref name=NYT/>

==Family==
He is survived by his wife Bano, son [[Sabir Khan]] who is his disciple and a [[sarangi]] player, as well as two daughters Reshma and Shera. His brother Late Nasir Khan was a sitar player, as is his younger brother Niyaz Ahmed Khan. His nephews include Salamat Ali Khan (sitar player), Imran Khan (sitar player and music composer), Dilshad Khan (sarangi player) and Irfan Khan (sitar player). His most prominent student has been London-based Kaleem Sheikh (vocalist and musicologist). He has been a music journalist for the BBC and has successfully performed at London's Nehru centre and other venues. His work has received commendations from British Parliamentatians.

==Death and legacy==
Sultan Khan died on 27 November 2011 in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India after a prolonged illness.<ref name=Statesman>{{cite news|title=Sarangi player Ustad Sultan Khan passes away|url=http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=391430&catid=35|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614104133/http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=391430&catid=35|date=27 November 2011|newspaper=The Statesman (Indian newspaper)|agency=Press Trust of India|archive-date=14 June 2012|access-date=22 October 2020}}</ref><ref name=TOI/><ref name=NYT/>

He was undergoing kidney [[dialysis]] for the last four years and lost his speech in the last few days of his life. He died on his way to the hospital. The funeral was held in his hometown of [[Jodhpur]], [[Rajasthan]] on 28 November 2011.<ref name=TOI/>

''[[The New York Times]]'' newspaper carried his obituary and reportedly quoted the tabla player [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]] as saying, "It is thought among musicians in India that his sarangi literally sang. He was able to coax out of the instrument all the nuances of the vocal style of Indian music."<ref name=NYT/>

==References==
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==Sources==
*[http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/Ustad_Sultan_Khan_Laid_To_Rest_In_Jodhpur-3287.html India TV News]

==External links==
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* {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p42756|label=Sultan Khan}}
* {{IMDb name|0451335|Ustad Sultan Khan}}
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