Dhol Faqeer

Dhol Faqeer son of Faqeer Muhammad Khaskheli, was born in 1921 at Patayoon, Mirpur Khas District. He was a famous mystic & folk singer of Sindh, Pakistan. He died on 22 June 1992.

Education

Dhol Faqeer did not have much education or formal schooling

He listened to other singers at different places and learned how to sing himself from them. Later, he took training of music from Ismail Murree, Manthaar Faqeer Rajar and his grandson Wali Baksh Rajar. Dhol Faqeer was one of those singers who made Sindhi music evergreen with the combination of traditional Sindhi poetry. He considered singing as worship and charged nothing for singing. He was a disciple of scholar and poet Makhdoom [Muhammad Zaman Talibul Moula] who introduced him at Radio Pakistan, Karachi Station in 1948. Producer Mohammad Baksh Ansari took him to Hyderabad whereas Abdul Karim Baloch introduced him on Pakistan Television, Karachi. His songs were mainly broadcast from Radio Pakistan, Hyderabad. He visited many countries to perform his art.

Along with several regional awards, the Government of Pakistan awarded him the Presidential Pride of Performance on 23 March 1989.

He died of kidney failure on 22 June 1992. He is buried at Tando Allahyar in Sindh, Pakistan.