In 1971, after the death of Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan, Khan, became the official leader of the family Qawwali party and the party became known as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Mujahid Mubarak Ali Khan & Party. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s training with his father was cut short when his father died in 1964, leaving Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s paternal uncles, Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan and Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, to complete his training. He was born in Faisalabad, Pakistan and was the fifth child and first son of Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, musicologist, vocalist, instrumentalist, and Qawwal. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Octotill August 16, 1997), was a Pakistani musician, primarily a singer of Qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis (a mystical tradition within Islam).