The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India (OEMI) in three volumes covers history, theory and technical terms, musicians and scholars, and instruments related to Indian music. Edited by the Sangeet Mahabharati, it was published by the Oxford University Press in 2011. Out of the total of 5,000 encyclopaedia entries, approximately 2,000 on musicians and 500 on raga names were extracted to build this database.
 

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Personal ID
name
date of birth
OEMI ID
page
place
year of birth
year of death
date of death
photo
century
birth place
place of death
profession
explanation about profession
gharana
guru
music field
Suraj Khan
OEMI2076
1034
16
?
?
vocalist
Sixteenth-century vocalist
Vilayat Khan
0820
OEMI2205
11291130
1927
2004
0312
20-21
Gouripur, Mymensingh district [now in Bangladesh]
Mumbai
sitar player
Highly acclaimed sitar maestro of the 20th cent.
his father Inayat Khan, his mother Bashiran Bibi, maternal uncle Zinda Hassan Khan, and maternal grandfather Bande Hossan Khan, his paternal uncle Wahid Khan, Dhruba Tara Joshi and Bimla Kanta Roy Choudhuri
Yusuf Khan
?
OEMI2251
1156
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Haapur
Mugna Khan
OEMI2278
691
1915
20
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player
saarangi ghaaraana
Kale Khan
Bahadur Hussain Khan
OEMI0246
101
0.1808
0.187
19
?
?
sursingaar player
Sursingaar maestro of the Rampur royal durbar
Rampur royal durbar
Ghulam Mustafa Khan
0303
OEMI0686
362
1931
20
Badayun, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher
Fida Hussain Khan, Nissar Hussain Khan, K.C. Brahaspati
Tabakkal Hussain Khan
?
OEMI2100
1050
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist from Talwandi in Punjab
Ghulam Haidar Khan
OEMI0680
361
1920
19-20
Khurja, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Khurjaa gharaanaa
Khurjaa
his father Ghulam Hussain Khan
Ghulam Raza Khan
OEMI0689
363
?
?
sitar player
Innovator of the Raazaakhaani-gat, a composition for string instruments like the sitar and sarod
Imdad Hussain Khan
OEMI0863
439440
0.1848
1920
19-20
Etawah, Uttar Pradesh
Indore
sitar player
Eminent sitar player
his father Sahabdad Hussain Khan
Afaq Hussain Khan
0712
OEMI0041
22
1930
1990
0219
20
Lucknow
?
tabla player
Well-known tabla player
Lucknow
Abid Hussaion Khan and Wajad Hussain Khan
Amir Hussain Khan
10??
OEMI0110
4849
1899
1969
0105
19-20
Bankhanda,Uttar Pradesh
?
tabla player
Tabla maestro
Farukhaabaad
Bade Changeh Khan
OEMI0234
96
0.177
0.1857
18-19
Panipat
?
vocalist
Reputed khayaal singer of the durbar of Mughal king Bahadur Shah Zafar
khayaal
Ghulam Hussain Khan
OEMI0681
361
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the late 19th cent
Khurjaa gharaanaa
his father Imam Khan
Mohammad Bashir Khan
OEMI1346
679
1936
20
Aligarh
Jabra,Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
vocalist
Abdulla Khan(Agra)
OEMI0020
7
0.1873
19221919
?
19-20
Agra
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the Agra gharaanaa tradition
Agra
Bade Mohammad Khan
OEMI0236
97
1755
1840
18-19
probably Lucknow
?
vocalist
Distinguished vocalist and innovator
his father Shakkar Khan, his uncle Makkhan Khan
Ghulam Ghaus Khan
OEMI0679
361
?
?
vocalist
Dhrupad singer of Atraululi, Uttar Pradesh, of the early 19th cent.
dhrupad
Hamid Hussain Khan
OEMI0788
401
1950
?
Lucknow
sitar player
Noted sitar player and teacher
his father Tullan Khan, uncle Turab （or Turav） Khan
P00156
Inder Lal Dhandra
OEMI0875
443
1930
20
Udaipur, Rajasthan
saarangi player
Saarangi player
his father Bihari Lal
Mehdi Hussain Khan
OEMI2277
666667
1884
1960
19-20
Rampur
Kolkata
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
his illustrious father, Buniyad Hussain Khan. Mitthu Khan,
P00128
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
0404
OEMI0235
95
0.1901
1968
0423
20
Kasur
Hyderabad
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist
his uncle Kale Khan, his father Ali Bakhsh Kasurwale
Ghulam Mohammad Khan
OEMI0684
362
20
Lahore
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
Umrao Khan
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
1013
OEMI1559
769
1948
1997
0816
20
Lyallpur,Punjab region of Pakistan
London
composer
singer-composer
Shahadat Hussain Khan
07??
OEMI1924
963
1958
20
Comilla, Bangladesh
Sarod player
his father Abid Hussain Khan and uncle Bahadur Hussain Khan
Abid Hussain Khan(Dhaka)
0401
OEMI0027
14
1928
20
Shibpur,Comilla district
sitar player, sarod player
Sitar and sarod player
Ayet Ali Khan(brother of Allauddin Khan of Maihar)
Bahram Khan
OEMI0253
104
1800
0.188
19
Ambaitha, Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh
Jaipur
vocalist
Dhrupad singer of the Jaipur durbar, and a stalwart of the Dagar tradition
His father Imam Khan, Baba Kalidas
dhrupad
Banne Khan
1225
OEMI0298
120
1835
1910
?
19-20
Nausahana Nangali, Punjab
Hyderabad
vocalist
Vocalist
Bullah Shah
?
OEMI0414
204
1680
1752
?
17-18
Lulani,near Lahore,Pakistan
?
poet
Mystic poet
P06119
Bundu Khan
?
OEMI0415
204205
1880
1955
0113
19-20
Delhi
Karachi
saarangi player
Celebrated saarangi player
Sangi Khan and maternal uncle Mamman Khan
Chhajju Khan
OEMI0457
230
19
Bijnor, Moradabad district, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of the mid-19th cent.
his father Dilawar Khan , Inayat Hussain Khan
Chhange Khan
OEMI0459
231
0.1857
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Chhote Kale Khan
OEMI0467
237
?
?
tabla player
Tabla player of the Delhi gharaanaa
Delhi gharaanaa
Chhote Khan
OEMI0468
237
1827
1912
19-20
Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra
Agra, Uttar Pradesh
Well-known pakhaawaj player
Kudau Singh
Chimman Khan
OEMI0481
239
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli gharaanaa
Atraauli
Dabir Khan
OEMI0511
249
1912
1972
20
Rampur
Kolkata
vocalist,rudra veena player
Reputed rudra veena player and vocalist
Dayar Khan
?
OEMI0540
262
?
18
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1760s.
Maharaja Takhat Singh
Ghulam Ali Khan
OEMI0678
360361
19
?
?
sarod player
A sarod pioneer of the 19th-cent.
Imam Khan
OEMI0860
439
19
?
?
dholak player
Noted dholak player of the mid-19th cent.
Jaggan Khan
OEMI0906
451
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
Jivan Khan
OEMI0932
472
1838
1935
19-20
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi Player
P00161
Jhamman Khan
OEMI0935
475
1938
0208
19-20
Nagaaraa player
Nagaaraa player
Jodhe Khan
OEMI0951
483
0.177
18
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Khurjaa gharaanaa
Khurjaa
Joravar Khan
OEMI0957
488
17
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist （17th-cent.）
Kale Khan
OEMI0985
502
1942
20
?
Jaipur, Rajasthan
saarangi player
Saarangi player of the Jhajjar gharaanaa
the Jhajjar gharaanaa
his elder brother Azim Bakhsh
Kayam Khan
OEMI1040
532
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Majru Khan
OEMI1243
623
1810
1884
19
?
?
Sarod player
Pyar Khan
P00204
Mamman Khan
?
OEMI1255
633
0.1859
1940
0602
19-20
Delhi
Delhi
saarangi player
Eminent saarangi player
Sangi Khan and Ghulam Hussain Khan
Mangal Khan
?
OEMI1259
638
?
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player
Manji Khan
?
OEMI1272
642
1888
1937
?
19-20
Atrauli,Rajasthan
Mumbai
vocalist
Talented vocalist
Haidar Khan
Mirza Khan
OEMI1329
672
?
?
author
Mitthu Khan
OEMI1335
673
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Miyajan Khan
OEMI1336
675
1880
1919
19-20
Patiala,Punjab
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
vocalist
vocalist
Kalu Khan
Mohammad Khan
OEMI1351
680
1845
1910
19-20
Kolkata
sitar player
Surbahaar and sitar exponent
Momin Khan
OEMI1366
685
1797
1852
0512
18-19
?
Delhi
poet
Munduru Khan
?
OEMI1383
693694
0.181
0.1884
?
19
Rampur,Uttar Pradesh
Rampur
Sarod player
Muzaffar Khan
OEMI1421
706707
1858
19
Delhi
?
vocalist
vocalist
Maste Khan
Nasar Khan
?
OEMI1499
732
1829
1903
0801
19-20
Banda, Uttar Pradesh
?
Well-known pakhaawaj player
Taj Khan Deredar
Natthan Khan
?
OEMI1513
741
0.184
0.1907
?
19
Agra
Mysore
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Agra
his uncle Ghulam Abbas Khan
Natthe Khan
?
OEMI1515
741
0.1745
?
18
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Khurjaa
Natthu Khan
?
OEMI1516
741
18
0.1884
?
18
?
?
vocalist
Eminent exponent of the Gwaalior Khayaal gharaanaa
Gwaalior khayaal
his father Kader Bakhsh
khayaal
P00088
Sabri Khan
0410
OEMI1831
908
1927
20
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
saarangi player
contemporary player of the saarangi
Haji Mohammad Khan, Chhajju Khan
Sahabdad Khan
OEMI1842
911
1830
1880
19
?
?
vocalist, sitar player
vocalist and sitar player
Salem Khan
OEMI1854
917
19
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Agra gharaanaa
Samwal Khan
OEMI1865
925
?
?
rudra veena player
rudra veena player
Savaliya Khan
OEMI1898
954
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player
Pyar Khan
Shad Khan
OEMI1916
962963
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Fatehpur Sikri near Agra
Shahab Khan
OEMI1923
963
Aurangabad town, Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli gharaanaa
Atraauli
his father （name not known）
Shaukat Ali Khan
OEMI1954
969
1911
20
Gidhaur, Bihar
?
rabaab player
Rabaab player of the Seni gharaanaa
Seni
Mohammad Ali Khan, Raja Nawab Ali
Sitab Khan
OEMI1994
982
18
?
?
tabla player
Tabla pioneer, late 18th cent.
the Delhi tabla gharaanaa
Taj Khan
?
OEMI2101
10521053
0.182
0.1904
?
19-20
?
Nepal
vocalist
Eminent singer of dhrupad and khayaal
Haidar Khan,Sadiq Ali Khan,
dhrupad,khayaal
Tanras Khan
?
OEMI2104
10591060
0.1814
0.1885
?
19
Dasna,near Delhi
Hyderabad
Khyaal stalwart
Yashin Khan
?
OEMI2245
1153
1935
20
Dhaka,Bangladesh
vocalist
vocalist
his father Gul Mohammad Khan
Zaffar Khan
?
OEMI2252
1157
0.1776
0.184
?
18-19
?
Benares
rabaab player
Eminent rabaab player
Seni
his father Chhajju Khan
P00204
Maman Khan
OEMI2272
633
1945
20
Hissar, Haryana
Recipient of the Central Sangeeet Natak Akademi award in 2000 for folk music of Haryana
his grandfather Peer Mauj Khan and father Munshi Khan
folk music of Haryana
Chhota Naubat Khan
OEMI0464
236
0.1756
18
?
?
rudra veena player
Eminent rudra veena player
his illustrious father Jeevan Khan
P00159
Jaffar Hussain Khan
OEMI0896
449
Sahaswan,Uttar Pradesh
Noted qavvaali singer
Raja Hussain Khan
OEMI1696
861
1938
1989
0306
20
Bramhabaria
Dhaka,Bangladesh
violinist
violinist
Nayeb Ali Khan,Bahadur Khan,Khadim Hussain Khan,Akbar Khan
Wahid Hussain Khan
?
OEMI2231
1143
1985
1103
20
?
Karachi,Pakistan
vocalist
vocalist
his father Altaf Hussain Khan
Wajid Hussain Khan
?
OEMI2234
1144
1918
20-
Lucknow
tabla player
Eminent tabla player
Lucknow
His uncle Munne Khan and Abid Hussain Khan
Sakhawat Hussain Khan
OEMI1853
916
1877
1955
07??
19-20
Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
sarod player
Safayet Hussain Khan, Asadullah Khan, Karamatullah Khan
P00221
Sharafat Hussain Khan
07??
OEMI1951
968
1930
1985
07??
20
Agra
Delhi
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Gwaalior
his father Liyaqut Hussain Khan, Faiyaz Khan, his maternal uncle Ata Hussain and father-in-law Vilayat Hussain Khan
Abid Hussain Khan(Tabla)
?
OEMI0029
1415
1867
1936
0612
19-20
Lucknow
Lucknow
tabla player
Ace performer of the Lucknow tabla gharaanaa
Lucknow
Mohammad Khan(d.1879) and Munne Khan
Bashir Ahmad Khan
OEMI0312
129
1903
20
Agra
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist
his maternal grandfather Kallan Khan
P00036
Hafiz Ahmad Khan
OEMI0768
397
1926
20
Rampur, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Hindustani vocalist
Nasir Ahmad Khan
0105
OEMI1501
733
1930
20
Uttar Pradesh
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Buddhu Khan, Mahaphuz Khan, Habib Khan and Abdul Wahid Khan
P00108
Prem Lata Sharma
0510
OEMI1645
827
1927
1998
1204
20
Nakodar, Punjab
Benares
musicologist
Well-known Sanskrit scholar, university professor, researcher, and musicologist
P.L. Vaidya and Gopinath Kaviraj, and Omkarnath Thakur
P00220
Shamim Ahmad Khan
OEMI1936
965
1938
20
Baroda
sitar player
Well-known sitar player
the Agra sharaanaa
maestro Ravi Shankar
Chhote Mohammad Khan
OEMI0469
237
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist （19th-cent.）
Haddu Khan
Ibrahim Adil Shah
OEMI0853
438
1580
1627
16-17
Bijapur
?
musician
Musician-king of Bijapur, Karnataka
Inayat Hussain Khan
OEMI0869
441
1849
1919
19-20
?
Benares
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and founder of a prominent branch of the Sahaswaan gharaanaa
the Sahaswaan gharaanaa
his father , Bahadur Hussain
Mehandi Hussain Khan
?
OEMI1317
666
1915
?
20
?
Gwalior
vocalist
Vocalist
Sajjad Mohammad Khan
OEMI1848
915
19
?
?
surbahaar exponent
P00105
Ghulam Sabir Khan （Bade）
OEMI0691
363
1962
20
?
?
Saarangi maestro
Patiaalaa gharaanaa
It is not known
Amirkhan Khusrau Khan
?
OEMI0119
51
1670
0.1742
?
17-18
probably Delhi
Delhi
sitar player
Sitar pioneer.
Ishtiaq Hussain Khan
OEMI0883
445
1907
1980
1108
20
?
Kolkata
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist of the Rampur tradition
his vocalist-father Mushtaq Hussain Khan
Latafat Hussain Khan
?
OEMI1196
604
1921
1986
1212
20
?
Kolkata
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra
Vilayat Hussain Khan and Faiyaz Khan
Mohammad Amir Khan
OEMI1344
678679
1873
1934
19-20
?
Kolkata
sarod player
Murad Ali
P00187
Mushtaq Hussain Khan
?
OEMI1403
699
1880
1964
?
19-20
Sahaswan,Uttar Pradesh
Delhi
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Kallan Khan, Puttan Khan,Haidar Khan and Inayat Hussain Khan
Vidyapati Thakur
OEMI2201
1127
0.136
0.1448
14-15
?
?
composer
Legendary poet and composer of sings rich in devotional and literary content

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