# Ali Merdan

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Ali Merdan
| image            = عەلی مەردان 1.jpg
| caption          = 
| image_size       = 250
| birth_name       = 
| birth_date       = 1904
| birth_place      = [Kirkuk](/source/Kirkuk), Iraq
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|1981|07|24|1904|01|01}}
| death_place      = [Baghdad](/source/Baghdad), Iraq
| origin           = [Iraqi](/source/Iraqis)
| instrument       = 
| genre            = Classical [Kurdish](/source/Kurdish_music)
| occupation       = 
| years_active     = ?–1981
| associated_acts  = 
| website          = 
}}

'''Ali Merdan''' ({{langx|ku|'''عه‌لی مه‌ردان'''}}‎; 1904–1981) was an [Iraq](/source/Iraq)i musician of [Kurdish](/source/Kurds) descent who was born in [Kirkuk](/source/Kirkuk). He widely regarded as the man who revolutionized the [maqam](/source/Arabic_maqam). Ali Mardan launched the Kurdish Radio Station in 1939 in [Baghdad](/source/Baghdad).

==Childhood==
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At the age of six, Ali's father died therefore many responsibilities fell on his shoulder like supporting his family and at the same time to finish his studies.

==Career==
During his half a century career, according to relatives and close friends, he sang more than 1000 songs, but not all of them have been recorded due to a lack of recording equipment in his early days. Ali merdan was the inspirational artist and inspired the golden generation of Kurdish Singers such as [Muhamad Salih Dilan](/source/Muhamad_Salih_Dilan), [Mamle](/source/Mamle), [Hesen Zirek](/source/Hesen_Zirek), Tahir Tewfiq, and [Ahmad Shamal](/source/Ahmad_Shamal).

==Death==
On July 24, 1981, Ali Merdan died at the age of 77.

==See also==
*[Music of Iraq](/source/Music_of_Iraq)
*[Kurdish music](/source/Kurdish_music)

==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071212191348/http://www.xozga.com/nawdaran/hunermendan/62.html Xozga - Ali Merdan]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023210311/http://www.worldmusic.cn/musicboxv2/index.php?action=artist&id=63 World Music - Ali Merdan]
* [http://www.darbreni-nwe.blogfa.com/post-67.aspx The Voice of a Genius]

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Category:Kurdish people in Iraq
Category:Kurdish-language Iraqi singers
Category:1904 births
Category:1981 deaths
Category:People from Kirkuk
Category:20th-century Iraqi male singers

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