Sayed Ali Asghar Kurdistani
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Sayed Ali Asghar Kurdistani (Persian: سید علیاصغر کردستانی; 1882–1936) was a Kurdish singer and musician. Many Kurds and Iranians, particularly in Kurdish regions, recognize him for his distinctive voice and contributions to Kurdish and Persian music history.[citation needed] He lived in the Kurdistan region of Iran.[citation needed]
Life
[edit]Kurdistani was born into a religious family in 1881 in Salavat-Abad (Selwat awa), a village belonging to Sanandaj (Sine).[citation needed] The father of Kurdistani brought him to the class of Sheikh Abd ol-Mo’men, so that he would be able to read and sing the Quran correctly.[citation needed] Kurdistani spent several years learning to sing Quran by Sheikh Abd ol-Mo’men and became an Quran singer.[citation needed] Before 1905, he married Mahsharaf Khanum, with whom he had three sons—Seyyed Abdulahed, Seyed Masih, and Seyed Ali Ashraf—and two daughters, Zahra and Sharaft.[citation needed]
With the financial support of Mirza Ebrahim Khan, Kurdistani stayed in Tehran for a month and recorded approximately 30 songs with the Polyphon recording company.[citation needed] After that he returned to Sanandaj. His records were not protected carefully; therefore there are only 13 records which survived.[citation needed]
Work
[edit]One of the memorable work is Xamgin W Dl Pashewm.[citation needed] This song was recorded almost a hundred years ago.[citation needed] A few songs remained from Kurdistani that have been recorded probably in Tehran or Sanandaj.[citation needed] He used the poems of well-known Kurdish poets such as Tahir Bag and Wafayi.[citation needed] These few songs have been recreated and sung by many well-known Kurdish musicians including The Kamkars.[citation needed]