Darwish Amir Hayati - Khan Amiri


Darwish Amir Hayati
Song Name: Khan Amiri
By: Darwish Amir Hayati ( درویش امیر حیاتی )
Country: Iran
Song Local Name: مقام خان امیری
Album: Ali Guyam, Ali Juyam
Genre: folk music of Iran , Yarsan maqam , Ahl-e Haqq , music of Kermanshahan
Date Added: 04 Apr 2020
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Amir Hayati (1921-2006) was an Iranian tanbur (tanbour / tanboor) player from city of Sahne, Kermanshah Province. He was a follower of Yarsanism, a syncretic religion founded by Sultan Sahak in the late 14th century in western Iran. He was a player of Yarsan sacred maqams. He was the first person who sang in Persian with Tanbur which before that was always accompanied Kurdish lyrics. Khan Amiri is one of the famous Yarsan (a.k.a. Ahl-e Haqq) maqams.

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