in the 19th-century the kirana gharana coalesced around miyan bande ali khan, a player of the rudra veena. the gharana's style was further developed, and established as one of the prominent styles in modern indian classical music in the late 19th / early 20th centuries by the musicians abdul karim khan and abdul wahid khan. abdul karim khan was an extremely popular musician, and was thus highly influential in popularizing the gharana. some trace the gharana's roots back farther to the 13th-century musician gopal nayak, a hindu musician (of the dhrupad style) who later converted to islamic sufism and in the process assimilated the predominantly muslim khyal musical style.