History, trends of music highlighted

Speaking as chief guest at the launching of a book titled ‘Salateen-e-Dehli wa Shahaan-e-Mughlia ka Zauq-e-Moseeqi’ arranged by the National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research, Vice Chancellor, Quaid-i-Azam University, Prof Dr Mohammad Ali, said that Prof M. Aslam has elaborately highlighted the history and trends of music during the Sultans of Delhi and the Mughal periods in his book, says a press release. Senior Research Fellow of the NIHCR, Dr. Rahat Zubair Malik, moderated the event.

Prof Dr Mohammad Hussain Azad, commenting on the book, said that music and musical instruments were created in South Asia by the descendants of Hazrat Adam (AS). The universe has been in rhythm since then.

Prof Dr Ghulam Shamsur Rehman of Government College University, Faisalabad, speaking online, eloquently highlighted salient aspects of the book recommending it for extensive study.

Prof Shahbaz Ali of Government Post-Graduate College, Satellite Town, Rawalpindi, who is a music teacher, informed the audience that the first edition of this book was published in 1992. It has been a hectic effort on the part of Prof Mohammad Aslam that he not only wrote on music but also collected scattered information on it for the benefit of budding musicians.

Prof Dr Mohammad Idrees, Dean Social Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, in his concluding remarks felt that reading literature was not popular anymore and there is a need to bridge this gap by the educational institutions, primarily universities, by inculcating reading habits in the students.

Chairperson, Department of History, Quaid-i-Azam University, Prof. Dr. Tanvir Anjum, daughter of the author, in her vote of thanks highlighted the importance of music in general and rhythm in particular in our daily lives.