Jalil Zaland
Jalil Zaland (Persian, Pashto: also romanized Jalil Zoland; c. 1935 – 2009) was a veteran singer and composer of Afghanistan's golden music era. Zaland was one of the biggest music stars of Afghanistan, earning the honorific Ustad and was therefore best known as Ustad Zaland (or).
Jalil Zaland
- Name
- Ustad Jalil Zaland
- Born
- c. 1930 or 1935
- Birthplace
- Kabul, Afghanistan
- Occupation
- Singer, poet, music composer
- Died
- April 30, 2009
- Place of death
- Tarzana, Los Angeles, United States
- Spouse
- Sara
- Nationality
- Afghanistan
- Languages
- Persian
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Jalil Zaland (Persian, Pashto: also romanized Jalil Zoland; c. 1935 – 2009) was a veteran singer and composer of Afghanistan's golden music era. Zaland was one of the biggest music stars of Afghanistan, earning the honorific Ustad and was therefore best known as Ustad Zaland (or).
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Zaland along with Salim Sarmast and Nangyalai created the first amateur band for Radio Afghanistan. He also composed several national anthems of Afghanistan and was also known for the composition of hit song "Man Amadeam", famously performed by Iranian star Googosh. Also at Radio Afghanistan he led the creation of a 30-piece orchestra of Eastern and Western music, which was very influential in the history of the music of Afghanistan. Zaland was one of the early teachers of Ahmad Wali.
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• Name — Ustad Jalil Zaland • Born — c. 1930 or 1935 • Birthplace — Kabul, Afghanistan • Occupation — Singer, poet, music composer • Children — 8 • Died — April 30, 2009 • Place of death — Tarzana, Los Angeles, United States • Spouse — Sara
Family
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He hailed from a musical family: Jalil is the father of Farid Zoland, Shahla Zaland, Soheila Zaland, Wahid Zaland, Mina Zaland, Mirwais Zaland, and Mahmood Zaland, all of whom are also involved in music.
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Jalil Zaland died at Tarzana.
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- 1.زلاند به ابدیت پیوست. Good Morning Afghanistan.
- 2.جلیل زلاند، آوازخوان و آهنگساز افغان درگذشت. BBC World Service. 1 May 2009.
- 3.The talibans have banned all music. Freemuse.
- 4.City of Love. Virtual Afghans.
- 5.Dialogue with Said Omar. Afghan Magazine. 2 September 2000.
- 6.Zaland Death A Big Loss in Afghan Music. TOLOnews.
- 7.BBC Persian. www.bbc.com.
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