Sajjad Ali

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سجاد علي

Lahore

Pakistani semi-classical, pop and rock singer, poet, actor, and film director and producer, born in 1966. Trained in classical music by his uncle Tassaduq Hussain, he rose to fame with the album Babia (1993) and songs such as 'Chief Saab' and 'Sohni Lagdi', sang 'Din Pareshan Hai' for the film Bol (2011), and received the Sitara-e-Imtiaz.

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Roles
singer · songwriter · Poet · actor · director · producer
Region
South Asia
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Life in time

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The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani · Abbas Kiarostami · Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari · Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda · Abd al-Halim Mahmud

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Lahore

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    Lahore

    People and things also explored

    Badshahi Mosque· Ahmad Shah Durrani occupies Lahore, Muharram 1161/January 1748· al-Duz takes Lahore and is killed· Balban restores Lahore after his accession, 664/1266· Lahore formally annexed to the British empire, March 1849· First written mention of Lahore in the Hudud al-'alam, 372/982· Humayun reoccupies Lahore, Rabi' II 962/February 1555· Iltutmish's forces take Lahore, 613/1217

    Sources

    • Sajjad Ali — English Wikipedia
    • Sajjad Ali — Urdu Wikipedia
    • Sajjad Ali — Wikidata
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    islam.museum contributors. “Sajjad Ali”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/sajjad-ali/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-06.

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    Badshahi Mosque

    A mosque in Lahore, dated to 1671 CE.