{{Short description|Indian Qawwali musical group}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox person |name = Warsi Brothers |image = |birth_name = Nazeer Ahmad Khan Warsi and Naseer Ahmad Khan Warsi |birth_place = Hyderabad, Telangana, India |occupation = Qawwali singing group |awards = Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2014) }} '''Warsi Brothers''' are an Indian Qawwali musical group, consisting of brothers Nazeer Ahmed Khan Warsi and Naseer Ahmed Khan Warsi (the Qawwāls), along with eight accompanists (the ''humnawa'' or party). They are based in Hyderabad, India.
==Family of qawwals== Nazeer and Naseer are the sons of Zaheer Ahmed Khan Warsi, who along with his father, Aziz Ahmed Khan Warsi, constituted the previous incarnation of the Warsi Brothers. Muhammed Siddique Khan, an ancestor of the Warsi brothers, was a singer in the Mughal durbar. In 1857, when the Mughal empire dissolved, he became a court singer for the Nizam of Hyderabad. Muhammed Siddique Khan was the nephew of Tanrus Khan.<ref name=TOI>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/wah-this-hyderabadi-family-has-been-carrying-foward-the-legacy-of-qawwali-for-over-900-years/articleshow/59239321.cms|title=Wah! This Hyderabadi family has been carrying forward the legacy of qawwali for over 900 years|author=Papri Paul|date=21 June 2017|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=11 August 2025|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625140027/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/wah-this-hyderabadi-family-has-been-carrying-foward-the-legacy-of-qawwali-for-over-900-years/articleshow/59239321.cms}}</ref><ref name=IndiaToday/>
==Career== Warsi Brothers carry on their legacy by touring all over the world and are known for their intense performances.<ref name=TheHindu>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/warsi-brothers/article6636180.ece |author=K. Pradeep|newspaper=The Hindu|date=27 November 2014|title=Music of the mystics|accessdate=3 March 2021}}</ref> They perform Amir Khusro's qawwalis in their classical style. They are the music bearers of the gayeki of Delhi gharana and are noted for their melody and improvisation. They are renowned for their traditional Sufiana Qawwali, Ghazals, Thumri, Bhajans based on Hindustani classical music.<ref name=TheHindu/><ref name=IndiaToday/>
==Awards and recognition== The Warsi Brothers jointly received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for their contribution to Qawwali in 2014.<ref name=IndiaToday/><ref name=UoH>{{Cite web|url=http://herald.uohyd.ac.in/sufiyana-qawwali-by-warsi-brothers-at-uoh/|title=Sufiyana Qawwali by Warsi Brothers at University of Hyderabad|publisher=University of Hyderabad Herald|date=26 November 2021|access-date=2 April 2022}}</ref> Nazeer Ahmed Khan Warsi and Naseer Ahmed Khan Warsi and Brothers have performed concerts in a number of cities in India as well as in many other countries.<ref name=IndiaToday>{{cite news |title=Warsi Brothers |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/swarutsav/story/warsi-brothers-226221-2014-11-07 |newspaper=India Today (newspaper)|date=7 November 2014|access-date=3 March 2021}}</ref><ref name=UoH/>
They perform at the dargah of Syed Shah Yousufuddin in Nampally every Thursday night starting from midnight.<ref name=TOI/>
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