title: Khamiso Khan
text: # Khamiso Khan
  
  Khamiso Khan (Sindhi: خميسو خان‎; 1923–1983) was a Sindhi folk musician and alghoza player from Sindh, Pakistan.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Khamiso Khan was born in 1923 at Tando Muhammad Khan city, of Tando Muhammad Khan District, Sindh, Pakistan. His son Akbar Khamiso Khan is also a notable Alghoza player.
  
  ## Career
  
  Khamiso Khan was a contemporary of another notable alghoza player Misri Khan Jamali. Mostly, he played typical Sindhi folk and classical music on alghoza. He was associated with Radio Pakistan, Hyderabad, Sindh as a folk artist for 18 years. Khamiso Khan had performed at many events when touring Europe and America before his death. When Khamiso died of a heart attack, president Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq paid him a tribute in a presidential message that his death was a great loss for folk music in Pakistan.
  
  ## Awards and recognition
  
  * Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1979.
  
  ## Death
  
  Khan died after a heart attack on 8 March 1983.
  
  