Nku Faiz Muhammad Baloch: The Biggest Name In the Balochi Musical World

By: Hamid Ali Baloch

Lecturer Department of Balochi, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Balochistan E-mail: hamid_baloch14@yahoo.com

If, therefore, we take a glance over the kinds of the Balochi Music, we see that in this field a lot of best and famous names, such as, Mir Ashraf Durra Gichki, Rais Darbish, Begum Jan, Mullah Ibrahim, Mulla Ramzan Rami and others . But we want to discuss here about the sweet-voiced Late Nku Faiz Muhammad Baloch Paizuk. About the above-mentioned and Balochi Music my new book Zeimer Darya (the sea of Music) is due to come soon, this is the first book on music with pictures. Inshallah, the time is very near that this treasure of music will be in your hands. Nku Faiz Muhammad Baloch; yes, the leader of the Baloch artists Nku Faiz Muhammad Baloch was born at Kasar Kand in 1900. His respected father's name was Bashir Ahmad Baloch, who was the residence of Iran. Nku Faiz Muhammad was interested to learn Damburag and Balochi dance at the age of fifteen. Nku Faiz was a singer who visited different countries of the world, such as, Africa, east and west Europe and the biggest and famed countries of the Asian continent. And enlightened the Balochi art and music, and he let the Englishmen danced with his music and sweet tone. Beside, Naku Faiz got his first marriage at the age of eighteen at Turbat and got a child named Master Muhammad Shafi. Nku Faiz Muhammad came to Karachi to earn his livelihood and settled in Lyari Karachi, and started a business and laboring. Naku Faiz got his second marriage in Karachi. In the second marriage, he got four sons and four daughters. The musical Ustd (teacher) of Naku Faiz Muhammad was a famed singer Faiz Muhammad Ramzan Rami a resident of Pasni or Gwadar. And he learnt music from him and learnt other light music from Ustd Khair Muhammad. He worked in the Radio Pakistan Karachi in 1948. At that time, he had visited Russia, America, Germany, China, Canada, South Korea, Spain, Afghanistan, Aljazair and Britain and enlightened the name of the Balochi language. Naku had also learnt Hindi and Sindhi music. It is said, that the Damburag was his fingers play. Nku had managed his first musical show at the Singolane Sarbazi village

(Karachi) in the marriage of late Abdul Ghafoor Sarbazi. He maintained the musical show till seven days and people came to participate in it from every part of Liyr. Nku had endured a lot of hardships. He hard- labored at the daytime in Kim and served the language at night time. His struggle and distresses have a long story. From morning to evening, heat-stroke of summer and the harsh cold of winter, he worked hard for legal earnings for his children and at the night time he facilitated the unease life of the people with his sweet music and voice and sung songs for the people. This was the reason of finger segment disease of Nku. But it was his greatness that he never complained to others. He passed his unfavorable circumstances with joy and happiness. The greatness and goodness was that, he demanded nothing from the Government. The Radio and TV of alkt (Quetta) were in the hands of unfair persons, and still the pasture of ills. They had only some unskilled musicians, lazy and dull. The policy of unknown persons of Islamabad became changed and the doors of Radio and TV were opened in alkot. This was the happiest time of Nakus life. This was another matter, that the rights of Nku Faiz Muhammad were embezzled by the luxurious officers. The disloyal life of Nku crinkled its face and darkened itself untimely, and the nation till today suffering this. From Nku Faiz Muhammad till today, the artists have done more, but he was the unique person, if you see the next side of the mirror, that is bad and unclean. Without Nku Faiz the artists (Baloch artists) are backless. No one had the sense to let someone coming behind them. If someone has two sons, one is a banjo master and another is a drum beater, they are not called real artists. This is a sorry state, that someone could take the path of Nku in the field of singing and music, but it was not so. Nku took his art with himself and went away. Only Manzr Bulaid, son of Murd Bulaid is well prepared in this field. It is expected that he will enlighten the name of Murd Bulaid. Its a state of sorry, that the sweet-voiced singer Jduk took his art to the grave. The Balochi (language) is therefore, not developed, but the sky of it was broadened but voiceless. The artists have adorned the sky of expectations like a bride, such as, Ustd Muhammad Shafi, Ustd Imam Bakhsh Mastana, Ustd Imam Bakhsh Majnoon, Ustd Rasheed and other who say themselves Ustd. Our artists are said to be as Ustd. According to Qayyum Sarbazi, I and other folk musicians dont know who the Ustds are. It is the custom of the world that, Ustad is he, who is a learned and trained man, and teaches others. In the schools they are called master and in the colleges and Universities, who teach the students are called lecturers and Professors. They are called Ustd. Basically, advisor of every work is called Ustd. He provides knowledge and education. But it is a sorry state that our some artists have still hidden their arts, and they do not touch them. Knowledge and art are not the things to be hidden; these bring changes when they are used. These (artists) are behind the popularity and money. There are some young singers in them who are very famous today,

but they have famed themselves by money. They also call them as Ustad. If they had worked whole-heartedly, they would have created fifty or sixty disciples approximately. The disciples would have become Ustad. But oh the unknowings! The artists are very worried that if the youngsters were encouraged then they will lose their hegemony and no one asks them i.e. They will lose their earnings. Among the old artists, Ustad Abdul Sattar, Ustad Noor Muhammad Nooral, Ustd Ghulam Rasool Dinarzai, Ustd Wali Muhammad Baloch and somehow Ustad Abdul Aziz is the personalities who have worked a lot in the Balochi art. Their works are admirable. Credits also go to Ustad Jumma Khan, who is leading the new generation in Pasni. This news spread everywhere that the artists are poor and deprived class and everyone knows about their distresses. People would be happy, if they (artists) were prosperous, but what is the sin of this distressed nation? The deprived and distressed artists have kept stones in their chests, endured the nights and lullabyed their sons for forthcoming expectations. The biggest disease among the artists is non-unitary. These fortunate artists do not tolerate each other. They waste most of their time criticizing each other and consider backbiting sweetness of their mouth. Some objective-less people come to the clubs of the artists and work as a message-conveyed. The work of these types of fraud people makes disputes among the artists. According to Qayyum Sarbazi, this job has been made a habit. Allegation, conspiracy and revenge are pouring like rain and the experts are doing their job. The knowledge of revenge of the artists is as gushed out that (Sar-rech)Sar (head) has lost; Rech (to pour) is darkened and terrible because of their deeds. The clean-hearted and sympathizing nation is closing its eyes over the artists, feeling sorrows upon them. This news is like the strong rock, losing, and intoxicatingly uprooting it. What will be the destination of this un-ended and unadvised destination? Everybody knows it. It seems that the national artists are senseless, and why they do not open the eyes of the truth? To what destination they ride the horse of self-makings? How many things would be there in the pack saddle of lie and allegations? Is anyone becoming famous of cutting down their hands? The famed artist come to the sense; do not burn your homes that ashes are not costly. That is it, before the Nehing (river) and Bolan will take you away, be careful of it. Todays time is in your hands but tomorrows? No one knows about tomorrow, behind the power of unification and amity, the sky trembles and the wind takes way the mat of an individual. We were discussing about Naku Faiz Muhammad, but we went onward, these things were necessary to be discussed. Take this news with you. If there was not Naku Faiz Muhammad Baloch, neither there would be Mureed Bulaidi, nor Muhammad Jaduk and Muhammad Shaif, neither abdul Aziz and nor Akhtar Channal and Sabzal Samagi and other singers. Thats why, Nku Faiz Muhammad has made a structure and color of the Balochi music and it is still alive today. And God may alive him till doomsday. This

fragrance garland if to the neck of Nku Faiz Muhammad, that is spread today in every aspect of the Balochi Music. At last, Nku was a part and parcel of Radio Pakistan Quetta where he suffered with ill. And he left us and passed away on 6th May 1980, but, when the artist dies, their arts alive. Its said that the artistes never die