- Kharabat
=Term of Kharabat=
Kharabat (fa: خرابات ) is a
compound (linguistics) of "kharab" (Persian:(خراب) ("bad" or "ruin") and "abad" (آباد ) asconstruction andbuilding . "Abad" is asuffix too and means "prosperity" like (عشق آباد) "Aşgabat ",Asadabad ,Islamabad . (1).According to
Dehkhoda Dictionary "Kharabat" has many meanings likewine bar,ruin and "centre ofMeditation ".Pir of "Kharabat" is a symbolic term for (ساقى) "Saki",servant in (tavern ), in themystic anallegory for God.„Kharabat“ ( خرابات ) is a
contradiction andparadox notion of a philosophical term. This term is developed in the poetry ofPersian literature sSufi :Sanai ,Attar Rumi ,Khayam ,Saadi andHafis .Attar undRumi made the term to an institution of mystic, a symbol of literature.Some Iranian historians make the word (Persian: dependent ( خُرابات ) to “Khorabad” (“city of the sun”) and/or. fans of
Mithras .Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi (Shams e Tabrizi =sun of tabriz. (2)Rumi made Kharabat as an
enclave without which art, music, metric, dance do not exist. In Kharabat are music, dance, singing and “drinking wine” possible, permitted. Here is the incarnation of love. Rumi praisesPersian (mostly from middle-age´s Khorasan) andIndia n music instruments in his poem:Nay ,Rubab ,Sorna ,Daf andChang (instrument) ,Tar Dhol andTanbur .Cultural Importance
The term of Kharabat prevents the destruction of the music instruments of
Indo-Persian cultural area. Indian poets writing in the Persian language especiallyAmir Khusro andAbdul-Qader Bedil continued to develop this term.Kharabat as musuchans-district of Kabul
Kharabat was an old part of town in
Kabul ,Kharabat was and is an old district of
Kabul Afghanistan close to "Hinduguzar" (quarter of Hindu and Sikhs). It accommodated since long time some musicians who passed their art to the next generation on. Kharabat and educated many famous musicians of Afghanistan to the IndianPatiali -School.The quarter resembles a large
Patiala school of Persian andHindustani . Here music and singing passed on from one generation to the next. In Kharabat and its surroundings (Shor Bazar, Barana etc.) exists various of workshops where the typicalIndo-Persian music instruments are made.In this old and important part of town important Afghan musicians were born as well as the songs of the Indian Dari poets Ustad Qasem Jo, Ustad Natu,
Rahim Bakhsh ,Mohammad Omer , the bestRubab -Ustad etc. During the time of Ali Shir Khan it has become the centre of art and music and many great artists such as the Father Ustad Qasem Jo and predecessor ofMohammad Hussain Sarahang .During the time from Taliban many musicians emigrated from the historical quarter. This old city was destroyed during the 30-years-war and was indeed a
ruin , in hope of rebuild (abad). Many sons and daughters of Kharabat-Musicians returns after the fall ofTaliban home for rebuild the Afghan-Kharabat Art like great-grandson ofSitar jo ("Sitarstudent") and Qasem JoWahid Qasemi .*(1) d] -> [t] , and
Sandhi ist responsible for delete of double /ab/.
*(2) modern Persian language uses no diacritical markDiacritic See too
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