Sarwar Sarkhosh
Sarwar Sarkhosh (Dari-Persian: سرور سرخوش) was a singer and one of the Hazara nationalists in Afghanistan. He is the elder brother of Dawood Sarkhosh, a famous singer of the Hazara people.[1][2][3][4]
Sarwar Sarkhosh سرور سرخوش | |
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| Born | 1942 Urozgan Province (now in Daykundi Province), Afghanistan |
| Died | 1983 (aged 40–41) |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Dambura, Ghaychak |
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Early life
Sarwar Sarkhosh was born in 1942, in Urozgan Province (now in Daykundi Province), Afghanistan. He completed his elementary and secondary education in his home town. In the same years, with the imprisonment of his father due to ethnic prejudice against the Hazaras, the family's responsibility fell on him because he was the eldest son of his family, in this reason he was not able to continue his studies.[2][3][4]
Death
In 1983 he traveled from his hometown Uruzgan to Badghis and visited some Hazara people there, after returning from the trip on 1983 he was killed in a terrorist operation.[2][3][4]
See also
References
- "The Hazara Nationalism: in Music and Historical Literature". hazarapeople.com. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- "سرور سرخوش، هنرمندی که قربانی خشم قشری گری شد | پايگاه اینترنتي شوراي جهاني هزاره". www.worldhazaracouncil.org (in Persian). Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- "زندگینامه زنده یاد شهید سرور سرخوش – شهید سرور سرخوش". sarwarsarkhosh.com (in Persian). Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- تابش, قنبرعلی (29 June 2018). "جشنواره دمبوره بامیان: نکوداشت نوازندهای که 'به خاطر هنرش' کشته شد". BBC News فارسی. Retrieved 20 October 2018.