Pir-o-Murshid Ali Khan
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Pir-o-Murshid Ali Khan (1881-1958) was the leader of the Sufi Movement from 1948 until 1958.
Pir-o-Murshid Ali Khan was a second cousin of the famous Sufi Master Hazrat Inayat Khan, he was also the grandson of Inayat's grandfather, and therefore according to Indian custom he was considered a brother.
Ali Khan apart from Indian classical music, received training in European music, and played such brass instruments as the trumpet and trombone. To these he added the bagpipes. As a young man, he was also keenly interested in physical culture and wrestling, which, in the words of the Biography of Hazrat Inayat Khan, "prepared him to become an iron wall to stand in support of Inayat against many opposing influences."
In the West, Ali Khan continued his musical career, receiving training in operatic singing from Mme. Emma Nevada, who recognized great potential in his tenor voice, and even appearing on the stage of La Scala.
Ali Khan possessed a natural gift of healing, a gift which was developed immeasurably through his deep devotion. There are many stories of friends and mureeds receiving help from his touch, his glance, or by prayers and absent healing, but in reply to their thanks he would humbly point to heaven and say, 'Not I. God.'
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- Healing by Murshid Ali Khan. "The Sufi" A Quarterly Journal of Mysticism, Vol. II, No. 2. April 1936 pp.51-58
- Inayat Khan by Ronald A. L. Mumtaz Armstrong. Geneva, The Sufi Publishing Association, 1927
- Hejirat day by Pir-o-Murshid Md Ali Khan. Geneva, "Sufi Record" volume X, September 1960
- The Sufi Message and The Sufi Movement by Hazrat Inayat Khan. 1964 Barrie and Rockliff. London pp.10
- Hazrat Inayat Khan a Brief Sketch of His Life and Teaching L. Hayat Bouman. The Hague, East-West Publications Fonds, 1982
- Musharaff Moulamia Khan. Pages in the life of a Sufi, Den Haag - East West Publications, 1982. 155pp.. ISBN 9062716628. Third Edition
