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qawwali

Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia
Intangible music_genre Q512410
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Summary

qawwali is a music genre[1]. qawwali ranks in the top 6% of music genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,937 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: devotional song[3], music of India[4], Hindustani classical music[5], Sufi music[6]
  • Commons category: Qawwali[7]
  • Country of origin: Pakistan[8], India[9]
  • Inception: January 1, 1450[10]
  • Instrumentation: dholak[11], Indian harmonium[12], tabla[13], tanpura[14], voice[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Qawwali[16]
  • Native label: قَوّالی‏[17], قوّالی[18], কাওয়ালি[19], قوّالي[20]
  • Intangible cultural heritage status: National List for Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH)[21]

Why It Matters

qawwali has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] qawwali is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Asha Bhosle India Mohammed Rafi Noor Jehan Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Pakistan Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Riz Ahmed Shreya Ghoshal

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . indiaculture.nic.in. indiaculture.nic.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → Pakistan, India
    Subclass of → —
    Inception → —
    Instance of → music genre
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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