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'''Sadarang''' (1670–1748) was the [[pen name]] of the [[Hindustani music|Hindustani]] musical [[composer]] and artist '''Naimat Khan'''.<ref>{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071229081156/http://www.musicalnirvana.com/composers/sadarang.html |date=December 29, 2007 |title=Musical Nirvana article on Adarang and Sadarang }}</ref> Sadarang was active in the eighteenth century. He and his nephew [[Adarang]] changed the [[Khayal]] style of Hindustani music into the form performed today. Naimat Khan composed Khyal for his disciples and he never performed Khyal.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=utw9AAAAMAAJ|title=Musical Heritage of Lucknow|last=Misra|first=Susheela|date=1991-01-01|publisher=Harman Publishing House|language=en}}</ref> He served in the court of [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Emperor [[Muhammad Shah]] (ruled 1719-1748).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/nadsadhna/lifesketches.html |title=WebCite query result |website=www.webcitation.org |access-date=2016-05-07 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5ko48RUgy?url=http://www.geocities.com/nadsadhna/lifesketches.html |archivedate=October 26, 2009 }}</ref> Sadarang and [[Adarang]] remain influential in Hindustani classical music, mainly through their compositions.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MiE9AAAAIAAJ|title=Khyal: Creativity Within North India's Classical Music Tradition|last=Wade|first=Bonnie C.|date=1984-01-01|publisher=CUP Archive|isbn=9780521256599|language=en}}</ref>Salar Jung Nawwab Dargah Quli Khan, a young noble deccani who lived in Delhi  between 1738 and 1741, had the opportunity to hear Na’mat Khan play the Been. He wrote in Risala Salar Jung later translated as Muraqqa -i- Dehli:<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qjJmzdJFOHwC|title=Dictionary of Indo-Persian Literature|last=Hadi|first=Nabi|date=1995-01-01|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=9788170173113|language=en}}</ref> "When he begins to play the Been, when the notes of the Been throw a spell on the world, the party enters a strange state: people begin to flutter like fish out of water (...)." Na’mat Khan is acquainted with all aspects of music. Na’mat Khan is considered unequalled and is the pride of the people of Delhi.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4nPHTCS8vfUC|title=Sitar and Sarod in the 18th and 19th Centuries|last=Miner|first=Allyn|date=2004-04-01|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|isbn=9788120814936|language=en}}</ref>

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