Work, Contribution and Legacy
Syed Ali Ausat Zaidi had started reciting soaz, salam and marsiya quite early in his life with his maternal grandfather when he was just 10 years old though he perfected his art under supervision of his maternal grandfather and afterward he started reciting soaz, salam and marsiya independently in majalis at Meerut. He was also a Sahib-e-Biaz (Lead narrator) of a well recognized Anjuman (mourning organization) of Meerut before partition. After partition Syed Ali Ausat Zaidi migrated to Pakistan on 18 February 1948 and settled in Karachi where he found his old friends and he began a new journey by founding a ‘Maatami Anjuman Nauhakhawani and Maatamdaari’ kept growing in Karachi and around 25 years Ali Ausat Zaidi served as a Nohakhawan. Allama Rasheed Turabi Qibla often used to quote the starting lines of a Noha recited by Syed Ali Ausat Zaidi saying: Jab Kabhi Ghairat-e-Insaan ka sawal ata hai Bint-e-Zehra teray Parday ka Khayaal ata hai In Urdu,
جب کبھي غيرت ِ انساں کا سوال آتا ھے
بنت ِ زھرا تيرے پردے کا خيال آتا ھے
Peoples from ‘Maatami Dasta’ of Syed Ali Ausat Zaidi are still serving in Bargah-e-Imam-e-Aali Maqaam, being a part of Anjuman-e-Shabaab-ul-Momineen.
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