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The [[Urdu literature]] section is divided into poetry and prose. Poetry contains the work of 800 poets. [[Faiz Ahmad Faiz]] and [[Akhtar ul Iman]] recorded their entire work for his library. Some of the other names are [[Jagan Nath Azad]], [[Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum]], [[Parveen Shakir]], [[Josh Malihabadi]], [[Jigar Moradabadi]], [[Khatir Ghaznavi]], [[Ali Sardar Jafri]], [[Kaifi Azmi]], [[Ahmad Faraz]] etc. Prose contains such items as Aal Ahmed Suroor, [[Ibrahim Jalees]], [[Patras Bokhari]], [[Imtiaz Ali Taj]], Hayat ullah Ansari, [[Rajinder Singh Bedi]], Joginder Paal, [[Chiragh Hasan Hasrat]], Anwar Sadid, [[Khadija Mastoor]], [[Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqi]], Zakir Hussain and many more. |
The [[Urdu literature]] section is divided into poetry and prose. Poetry contains the work of 800 poets. [[Faiz Ahmad Faiz]] and [[Akhtar ul Iman]] recorded their entire work for his library. Some of the other names are [[Jagan Nath Azad]], [[Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum]], [[Parveen Shakir]], [[Josh Malihabadi]], [[Jigar Moradabadi]], [[Khatir Ghaznavi]], [[Ali Sardar Jafri]], [[Kaifi Azmi]], [[Ahmad Faraz]] etc. Prose contains such items as Aal Ahmed Suroor, [[Ibrahim Jalees]], [[Patras Bokhari]], [[Imtiaz Ali Taj]], Hayat ullah Ansari, [[Rajinder Singh Bedi]], Joginder Paal, [[Chiragh Hasan Hasrat]], Anwar Sadid, [[Khadija Mastoor]], [[Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqi]], Zakir Hussain and many more. |
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The scholars and speeches sections include names like [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]], [[Liaqat Ali Khan]], [[Gandhi]], A.K. Barohi, Sir [[Muhammad Zafarullah Khan]], [[Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy]], Dr. [[Salimuzzaman Siddiqui]], Karrah Hussain, [[Bahadur Yar Jung]], [[Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani]], [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]], [[Rajendra Prasad]]. |
The scholars and speeches sections include names like [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]], [[Liaqat Ali Khan]], [[Gandhi]], A.K. Barohi, Sir [[Muhammad Zafarullah Khan]], [[Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy]], Dr. [[Salimuzzaman Siddiqui]], Karrah Hussain, [[Bahadur Yar Jung]], [[Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani]], [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]], [[Rajendra Prasad]]. |
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The religion section includes notably Syed Mohammad Razi, [[Zaheen Shah Taji]], [[Mufti Muhammad Shafi]], [[Allamah Rasheed Turabi]] etc. This also includes an [[exegesis]] of [[Quran]] in the voice of Ehtishamul Haq Thanvi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/entertainment/2012/03/120302_lutfullah_khan_dies_zs.shtml |title=BBC |
The religion section includes notably Syed Mohammad Razi, [[Zaheen Shah Taji]], [[Mufti Muhammad Shafi]], [[Allamah Rasheed Turabi]] etc. This also includes an [[exegesis]] of [[Quran]] in the voice of Ehtishamul Haq Thanvi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/entertainment/2012/03/120302_lutfullah_khan_dies_zs.shtml |title=BBC Urdu - فن فنکار - لطف اللہ خان انتقال کر گئے |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref> |
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The smaller but a unique section consists of interviews of artists like [[Jimmy Engineer]], Sir Iqbal Geoffrey, [[Iqbal Mehdi]], [[Bashir Mirza]], [[Sadequain]], Shakir Mirza etc. |
The smaller but a unique section consists of interviews of artists like [[Jimmy Engineer]], Sir Iqbal Geoffrey, [[Iqbal Mehdi]], [[Bashir Mirza]], [[Sadequain]], Shakir Mirza etc. |
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His personal gallery displays rare photographs, photography equipment, sound recording equipment and accessories, drawing instrument and stationary items used in documenting the collections, International and Pakistani coins, stamps and matchboxes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwwww.dailypaperpk.com/show-column-urdu.php?ColumnID=119920 |title=لطف اللہ خان : نا یاب ہیں ہم - زاہدہ حنا - Lotaf Ullah Khan: Nayab Hein Hum by Zahida Hina - One place for all Urdu Columns of national newspapers, www.dailypaperpk.com |publisher=W.dailypaperpk.com |date=2012-03-07 |accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref> |
His personal gallery displays rare photographs, photography equipment, sound recording equipment and accessories, drawing instrument and stationary items used in documenting the collections, International and Pakistani coins, stamps and matchboxes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwwww.dailypaperpk.com/show-column-urdu.php?ColumnID=119920 |title=لطف اللہ خان : نا یاب ہیں ہم - زاہدہ حنا - Lotaf Ullah Khan: Nayab Hein Hum by Zahida Hina - One place for all Urdu Columns of national newspapers, www.dailypaperpk.com |publisher=W.dailypaperpk.com |date=2012-03-07 |accessdate=2012-03-12}}</ref> |
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A notable album in the collection of old [[Hindi cinema|Hindi]] and [[Hollywood movie|Hollywood]] movies posters, some of them dating back to twenties. |
A notable album in the collection of old [[Hindi cinema|Hindi]] and [[Hollywood movie|Hollywood]] movies posters, some of them dating back to twenties. |
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He has also transcribed all the [[Urdu]] [[Ghazals]] of [[Mirza Ghalib]] into [[Latin script]]. |
He has also transcribed all the [[Urdu]] [[Ghazals]] of [[Mirza Ghalib]] into [[Latin script]]. |
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Revision as of 20:28, 15 January 2014
Lutfullah Khan لطف الله خان | |
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| Born | 25 November 1916 |
| Died | March 3, 2012 (aged 95) |
| Known for | Voice Collection |
Lutfullah Khan (Urdu لطف الله خان) (November 25, 1916 – March 3, 2012) was an author, collector, archivist, and hobbyist from Pakistan. He was best known for his rare collection of voice recordings of renowned artists, poets, writers and other eminent individuals from Indian subcontinent.[1]
Early life
Lutfullah Khan was born in Madras (British India) on November 25, 1916.[2] His father worked for the South Indian Railway Company. Lutfullah gained his basic education in Madras but moved to Hyderabad in search of work when he was still a teenager. In 1938, he moved to Bombay to work for the rationing department. He migrated to Pakistan on October 17, 1947, after the partition, and settled in Karachi.[3]
Music career
Lutfullah Khan signed an agreement in 1933 for classical singing with the Indian Broadcasting Service.[4] He performed publicly at the age of 19 in 1935, when he performed in a two-hour radio concert in Madras and played Karnatic music.[3] Known as Madras Radio Artist, he sang Ghazals at a function of Muslim Students Association of St. Xaviers College in January 1939 and rendered classical singing in Bombay in December the same year. Between 1963 and 1988, he practiced singing with Abdul Shakoor Khan of Kirana gharana, and explored the intricacies of only one raag, the Darbari.
Voice collection
Luftullah was known for his unique collection of voice recordings. In 1951,[5] when he started his advertising agency, one of his clients imported a Sound Mirror audio tape recorder. Lutfullhah bought the machine and 22 tapes for Rs. 1,146 and 10 annas (the machine and the receipt forms a part of his collection). He performed his first sound recording, which was the voice of his mother, on July 29, 1951. Later, he started recording radio programs for drama, music, poetry, prose, fine arts, religion and education. He went on collecting voices of notable personalities, especially speeches of leaders and politicians, and narrations of authors' own works. He maintained a minutely detailed catalog for all the tapes on different subjects.[6]
In music, his collection is organized into subcategories:
- Instrumental Music that includes Sarod (notably Hafiz Ali Khan and Ali Akbar Khan), Sitar (notably Enayat Khan, Vilayat Khan, Ravi Shankar and Sharif Khan Poonchwale), Shehnai (notably Bismillah Khan), Flute (notably Panna Lah Ghosh), Tabla (notably Ahmed Jan Thirakwa, Alla Rakha) and Sarangi (notably Bundu Khan)
- Classical Music that includes notably Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Fayyaz Hussain Khan, Moizuddin Khan, Chand Khan Zakir brothers and so on.
- Semi-classical music that includes Thumri, Pahari, Dadra, Kafi, Bhajan etc.
- Ghazals including notably Begum Akhtar, Sehgal, Shamshad Begum, Rauf Dakkani, Mukhtar Begum, Mushtri Bai, Salamat Ali Khan, Amanat Ali Khan, and Roshan Ara Begum etc. It also includes 318 ghazals of Mehdi Hassan.
- Folk music
- Qawali
- songs from other genres.
The Urdu literature section is divided into poetry and prose. Poetry contains the work of 800 poets. Faiz Ahmad Faiz and Akhtar ul Iman recorded their entire work for his library. Some of the other names are Jagan Nath Azad, Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum, Parveen Shakir, Josh Malihabadi, Jigar Moradabadi, Khatir Ghaznavi, Ali Sardar Jafri, Kaifi Azmi, Ahmad Faraz etc. Prose contains such items as Aal Ahmed Suroor, Ibrahim Jalees, Patras Bokhari, Imtiaz Ali Taj, Hayat ullah Ansari, Rajinder Singh Bedi, Joginder Paal, Chiragh Hasan Hasrat, Anwar Sadid, Khadija Mastoor, Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqi, Zakir Hussain and many more.
The scholars and speeches sections include names like Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Liaqat Ali Khan, Gandhi, A.K. Barohi, Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Dr. Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Karrah Hussain, Bahadur Yar Jung, Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Rajendra Prasad.
The religion section includes notably Syed Mohammad Razi, Zaheen Shah Taji, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, Allamah Rasheed Turabi etc. This also includes an exegesis of Quran in the voice of Ehtishamul Haq Thanvi.[7]
The smaller but a unique section consists of interviews of artists like Jimmy Engineer, Sir Iqbal Geoffrey, Iqbal Mehdi, Bashir Mirza, Sadequain, Shakir Mirza etc.
The story of this journey is penned in Tamashay-e-Ahal-e-Zauq that provides insights in efforts that were put to record them. Especially the struggle to record Faiz that is spread to 20 years.
In his last years, he was digitizing his audio library by transferring tapes on DVDs and computerizing the catalog.
Photography and filming
Luftullah was also an avid photographer. While in Bombay, he used to borrow a 16mm Kodak movie camera from a friend to make movies at different locations. While in Karachi, he used to borrow a Rolleiflex camera from a friend who owned the Thackersons photography shop. He created albums of the city's old buildings and new buildups that were taking shape to absorb the new country and its administration. He made an album about Business on footpath covering portable shops on Karachi’s footpaths, right from small businesses to snake charmers, palmists, lizard show, ear cleaner etc. There was another album called Business on wheels which shows fruit, vegetable, cloth, shoe etc. merchants of Karachi on four wheel carts. In 1951, he bought a Swiss made Boulex Pylord 16mm camera and started making documentaries.
One memorable documentary was about a cricket match between the Pakistani Prime minister, his cabinet and the parliament members at the Karachi Gymkhana.[8] One side was led by Mohammad Ali Bogra and the other by Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan. The minster Mr. Chittophadia was bowling in his dhoti and Tamizuddin was batting in his sherwani, New Age Islam reported.[9]
Other collections
His personal gallery displays rare photographs, photography equipment, sound recording equipment and accessories, drawing instrument and stationary items used in documenting the collections, International and Pakistani coins, stamps and matchboxes.[10]
A notable album in the collection of old Hindi and Hollywood movies posters, some of them dating back to twenties.
He has also transcribed all the Urdu Ghazals of Mirza Ghalib into Latin script.
Literary works
Lutfullah authored a number of books in Urdu. Some of his works include Pehlu (1941), Bachpan ke Waqqiyat (1991), Tamashay-e-Ahl-e-Qalam (1996), Sur Ki Taalash (1997), Hijraton Ke Silsile (1998) and Zindagi Ik Safar (2000).
Legacy and awards
Luftullah's biggest legacy is his tremendous collection of audio recordings. It is the biggest personal collection of distinct audios in the country, second biggest collection after Radio Pakistan archive, and one of the rarest collection of voices of the notable people of Indian subcontinent.
His autobiography Hijraton Ke Silsile won the Prime Minister's award in 1998.[11] He was also bestowed Kamal-e-Fun Award[12] by Pakistan Academy of Letters in 2009.[13]
The Arts Council of Karachi has named its audio-visual library after his name.[14]
Death
Lutfullah Khan died on March 3, 2012 in Karachi at the age of 95.[15]
References
- ^ "Renowned archivist Lutfullah Khan passes away | Metropolitan". Dawn.Com. 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
- ^ "Glowing tributes paid to Lutfullah Khan". Thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
- ^ a b Masood, Tooba (2012-03-04). "Lutfullah Khan, master archivist of the subcontinent's music, passes away at 95 – The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
- ^ "Lutfullah Khan". Members.tripod.com. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
- ^ "Children learn ways to preserve historical records | Metropolitan". Dawn.Com. 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
- ^ "احوال - لطف اللہ خان". Ahwaal.com. 2011-11-21. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
- ^ "BBC Urdu - فن فنکار - لطف اللہ خان انتقال کر گئے". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
- ^ "Lutfullah Khan and His Alam-e-Junoon - Chowk: India Pakistan Ideas Identities.com". Chowk. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
- ^ "Lutfullah Khan and His Alam-e-Junoon, Islamic Culture, Ayaz AbdalPhoto: Lutfullah Khan, New Age Islam". Newageislam.com. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
- ^ "لطف اللہ خان : نا یاب ہیں ہم - زاہدہ حنا - Lotaf Ullah Khan: Nayab Hein Hum by Zahida Hina - One place for all Urdu Columns of national newspapers, www.dailypaperpk.com". W.dailypaperpk.com. 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
- ^ "Radio Pakistan-مرحوم محمد لطف اللہ خان جو آج ہم میں نہیں مگر انہیں ہمیش". Radio.gov.pk. 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
- ^ "Kamal-e-Fun Award". Pal.gov.pk. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
- ^ "Lutfullah Khan and his alam-e-shauq : ALL THINGS PAKISTAN". Pakistaniat.com. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
- ^ "لطف اللہ خان انتقال کرگئے،60 سال سے آوازیں محفوظ کررہے تھے". Search.jang.com.pk. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
- ^ "لطف اللہ خان : نا یاب ہیں ہم - زاہدہ حنا - Lotaf Ullah Khan: Nayab Hein Hum by Zahida Hina - One place for all Urdu Columns of national newspapers, www.dailypaperpk.com". W.dailypaperpk.com. 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
