Purnam Allahabadi

Mohammed Musa, known by his pen name Purnam Allahabadi was an Urdu language ,His Worldwide Famous Qauwwali Is "Bhar Do Jholi Meri Ya Mohammaed "Sung By Sabri Brothers Famous Qauwwali Singer .[2][3]

Purnam Allahabadi
Born1940[1]
Allahabad,India, British India
Died09 June 2009
Lahore, Pakistan
OccupationLyricist, poet[1]
Known forqawwali songs

Early life and career

He was born in 1940 in Allahabad, British India.[1] He settled in Karachi after the 1947 independence of Pakistan but later on moved to Lahore, Pakistan due to family disputes. There he lived in a single room flat at the Anarkali Bazaar, Lahore.

Besides writing song-lyrics for Indian and Pakistani movies, he is best known for writing masterpiece Qawwali "Bhar Do Jholi Meri Ya Muhammad" & "O Sharabi Chhod De Peena" composed & sung by: Sabri Brothers which became an evergreen blockbuster hits.[4][5]

He has also written the masterpiece ghazal "Tumhe Dil Lagi Bhool Jani Padegi" which was sung by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, which also became an evergreen blockbuster hit.

References
  1. Poetry of Purnam Allahabadi on rekhta.org website, Retrieved 12 June 2017
  2. Purnam Allahabadi on The Hindu newspaper, Published 4 July 2016, Retrieved 12 June 2017
  3. Poet Purnam Allahabadi on pinterest.com website, Retrieved 12 June 2017
  4. Qawwali song written by Purnam Allahabadi on Dawn newspaper, Updated 10 July 2015, Retrieved 12 June 2017
  5. Qawwali song 'Bhardo Jholi Meri Ya Muhammad' written by Purnam Allahabadi, The Express Tribune newspaper, Published 24 September 2011, Retrieved 12 June 2017


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