# Tanras Khan > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tanras_Khan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tanras_Khan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanras_Khan > Source revision: 1337910398 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|19th century musician of Indian classical music (1801 - 1890)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Ustad Tanrus Khan | birth_name = Mir Qutub Baksh | birth_date = c. 1801 | birth_place = | death_date = c. 1890{{cite book |author=Nikhil Ghosh |title=The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India: p-z |date=2011 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195650983}} | occupation = Vocalist and royal court musician and music teacher of the Mughal emperor }} '''Qutub Bakhsh''', more commonly known as '''Tanras Khan''' (c. 1801 – c. 1890), was an Indian musician of the [Hindustani Classical tradition](/source/Hindustani_Classical_music) known for being a luminary of the [Delhi Gharana](/source/Delhi_Gharana).(House of Delhi classical musicians).{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YdtqrooCo-oC&dq=Tanras+Khan&pg=PA56 |title=Tradition of Hindustani Music (page 56)|page=56|date=2006|author=Manorama Sharma|website=Google Books website|publisher=APH |isbn=9788176489997 |access-date=14 January 2022}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=X54Lf-8M96YC&pg=PA157 Tanrus Khan - founder of the original Delhi gharana on 'The Life of Music in North India: The Organisation of an Artistic Tradition' by Daniel M. Neuman on GoogleBooks website] Retrieved 14 January 2022[https://www.culturalindia.net/indian-music/hindustani-gharanas.html Tanrus Khan and Delhi gharana on culturalindia.net website]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Retrieved 14 January 2022 He was a court musician and music teacher to the last [Mughal](/source/Mughal_Empire) emperor [Bahadur Shah Zafar II](/source/Bahadur_Shah_Zafar_II). ==Background== Qutub Baksh was born to a musical family and initiated into music by his father, Qadir Baksh of [Dasna](/source/Dasna). He became a disciple of Miyan Achpal of the [Delhi Court](/source/Delhi_State) in order to further develop his music.{{cite book |last1=Khan |first1=Vilayat Hussain |title=Sangeetagyon Ke Sansmaran |date=1959 |publisher=New Hindustan Press |location=New Delhi |pages=153–154}} ==Early life and career== "Meer Qutub Baksh alias 'Tanrus Khan' was an iconic Khayal singer of the 19th century."[https://www.swarganga.org/artist_details.php?id=839 Profile of Tanrus Khan on SwarGanga Music Foundation website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419104910/https://www.swarganga.org/artist_details.php?id=839 |date=19 April 2017 }} Retrieved 14 January 2022 "Since Delhi has been, off and on, the capital and the cultural center of the North Indian musical tradition, many families originally came from Delhi." "Tanrus Khan was famous for his swift, sparkling [Taans](/source/Taan_(music)) and so this title 'Tanrus' (one who has a charming Taan) was given to him by [Bahadur Shah Zafar II](/source/Bahadur_Shah_Zafar_II), the last Mughal emperor." Occasionally Tanrus Khan sang [qawwali](/source/qawwali)s also. So he is also said to be a member of the 'Qawwal Bachchon Ka Delhi Gharana' originally organized by the legendary 13th century musician [Amir Khusrow](/source/Amir_Khusrow). Many Khayals and Taranas of Hindustani classical music were composed by Tanrus Khan. Tanrus Khan was attached to Delhi court but after the [Mutiny of 1857](/source/Mutiny_of_1857), he left Delhi and went to [Gwalior](/source/Gwalior) but felt that he was not much appreciated there. So he went to [Nizam of Hyderabad](/source/Nizam_of_Hyderabad)'s court and worked there and finally died in Hyderabad in 1885. ==Interaction among music gharanas== It is widely known that the founders of [Patiala gharana](/source/Patiala_gharana) had studied under the tutelage of Tanras Khan, the founder of the [Delhi gharana](/source/Delhi_gharana). According to Manorama Sharma, author of the book, 'Tradition of Hindustani Music' (2006):
"In a very big function, the ceremony of Ganda-Bandhan was performed and both Ali Baksh and Fateh Ali became the disciples of Ustad Tanras Khan. In 1890, after the death of Ustad Tanras Khan, Ali Baksh and Fateh Ali became the disciples of Ustad Haddu Khan and Ustad Hassu Khan of Gwalior Gharana. Afterwards, they also received training from Ustad Bahadur Hussain Khan of Rampur. Thus, it is apparent that Ali Baksh and Fateh Ali received training from the well known musicians and later developed their own style which became famous as the Patiala Gharana. Both of them began to be known as Aliya and Fattu."
==Delhi gharana== ===Prominent exponents=== * Ghulam Hussain Khan alias 'Ustad Mian Achpal' (music teacher of Tanrus Khan) * Ustad Tanrus Khan * Ustad Umrao Khan (Tanrus Khan's son) * Ustad Sardar Khan[https://sarangi.info/vocal/sardarkhan/ Sardar Khan, grandson of Tanrus Khan on sarangi.info website] Retrieved 14 January 2022 (Umrao Khan's son) * [Ustad Manzoor Ahmed Khan Niazi](/source/Manzoor_Niazi_Qawwal) * Ustad [Munshi Raziuddin](/source/Munshi_Raziuddin) * [Qawwal Bahauddin Khan](/source/Qawwal_Bahauddin_Khan)[https://tribune.com.pk/story/726857/karachis-heritage-qawwal-gali/ 'Karachi's heritage: Qawwali gali'] The Express Tribune newspaper, Published 29 June 2014, Retrieved 14 January 2022 * [Ustad Abdullah Manzoor Niazi](/source/Abdullah_Niazi_Qawwal) (Ustad Manzoor's Son) * Ustad Meraj Ahmed Nizami * [Ustad Fareed Ayaz](/source/Fareed_Ayaz) * [Ustad Naseeruddin Sami](/source/Naseeruddin_Saami) * Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers,{{Cite news |last=Pareles |first=Jon |date=2011-10-30 |title=Tides of Trance Meld Divine Echoes of South Asia and Africa |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/31/arts/music/qawal-najmuddin-saifuddin-brothers-at-met-museum-review.html |access-date=2022-11-21 |issn=0362-4331}} * Hamza Akram Qawwal * Subhan Ahmed Nizami ==References== {{Reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanrus Khan}} Category:1890 deaths Category:19th-century Indian musicians Category:Musicians from Delhi Category:Hindustani musicians Category:19th-century Indian Muslims Category:Indian classical composers Category:Indian male classical musicians Category:19th-century male musicians Category:Year of birth uncertain --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tanras Khan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanras_Khan) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanras_Khan?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.