What is Aziz Mian?
{{Infobox musical artist |Name = Aziz Mian Qawwal |Img = |Img_capt = Aziz Mian Qawwal |Background = solo_singer |Birth_name = Abdul Aziz |Alias = Aziz Mian Mairthi |birth_date = {{birth date|1942|4|17|mf=y}} |birth_place=[[Delhi]], [[British India]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2000|12|6|1942|4|17|mf=y}} |death_place=[[Tehran]], [[Iran]] |Origin = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]] |Instrument = [[Harmonium]] |Genre = [[Qawwali]] |Occupation = [[Singer-songwriter]]<br>[[Musician]]<br>[[Poet]]<br>[[Philosopher]]<br>[[Writer]]<br>[[Scholar]]<br>[[Sufi]]<br>[[Researcher]]<br>[[thinker]] |Years_active = 1966–2000 |Label = |URL = }} '''Aziz Mian Qawwal''' ({{lang-ur|عزیز میاں قوال}}) (April 17, 1942 – December 6, 2000) was a [[Pakistan]]i singer, most famous for his performing of [[Qawwali]]s. Aziz Mian was born as '''Abdul Aziz''' ({{lang-ur|عبد العزیز}}) in [[Delhi]], [[British India]]. The exclamation ''Mian'', which he often used in his qawwalis, became part of his stage name. He began to introduce himself as '''Aziz Mian Mairthi'''. The word ''Mairthi'' refers to Meerut, a city in northern [[India]], from which he migrated to Pakistan in 1947. At the age of ten, he began learning the art of Qawwali under the tutelage of Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan. He received sixteen years of training at the Data Ganj Baksh School of Lahore, and obtained a degree in Urdu literature from the University of Punjab, [[Lahore]]. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mian, Aziz}} [[Category:1942 births]] [[Category:2000 deaths]] [[Category:Pakistani singers]] [[Category:People from Delhi]]