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A khananda is a name generally given to singers of mugham, a folk music genre similar to maqam. The word is of Persian origin and means "singer". When performing traditional mugham, a khananda is acco
Shakili Alasgar
…Alasgar Abdullayev or Shakili Alasgar (Azerbaijani: Ələsgər Abdullayev; 1866 — 1 April 1929) was an Azerbaijani khananda. Shakili Alasgar was born in Nukha (present-day Shaki) in 1866. He worked with a bricklayer in his childhood. Alasgar Abdullayev acquainted with Keshtazly…
A traditional Azeri mugham trio with the khananda (left) as the daf-player
Stamps of Azerbaijan, 2014 1143 souvenir sheet