Ubaidullah Jan

Ubaidullah Jan Kandaharai
Ubaidullah Jan posing in 1970s
Background information
Birth name	Ubaidullah Jan
Born	Kandahar, Afghanistan
Died	Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Genres	Ghazals
Occupations	Singer
Years active	1970s and early 80s

Ubaidullah Jan Kandaharai, or simply known as Obaidullah Jan, was a prominent Pashto singer from Kandahar, Afghanistan.^[1] He was popular among the Pashtuns in southern Afghanistan and in Quetta, Pakistan. He brought some new style to traditional Pashto music and was considered a classical singer. He recorded many albums with lyrics written by Sayed Abdul Khaliq, a famous Pashto poet from Afghanistan. The lyrics were sometimes relating to Islam.

Ubaidullah Jan was murdered by Ismatullah Muslim in the mid 1980s while crossing from Afghanistan to Pakistan.^[1] It is believed that he was about 32 years old at the time of death. His songs are still very much enjoyed by many of the Pashtun diaspora around the world, especially the Pashtuns from the southern Afghanistan-Quetta region and those living in Karachi, Pakistan.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Giustozzi, Antonio (2009). Empires of mud: war and warlords of Afghanistan. Columbia University Press. p. 63. ISBN 0231700806. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZRScVHx4hvsC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA63#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2011-10-14. 

External links

• Video of Obaidullah Qandahari
• Facebook - Obaidullah Jan Kandahari

Persondata
Name	Jan, Ubaidullah Kandaharai
Alternative names	Obaidullah Jan
Short description	Afghan singer
Date of birth
Place of birth	Kandahar, Afghanistan
Date of death	1980s
Place of death	Kandahar Province