| Jaffar Iqbal, Ilyas Balor, Afrasiab Khattak, Begum Najma Hameed, Rozi Khan Kaker, Amar Jeet, Hidayat Ullah, Mohammad Saleh Shah, Shahi Syed. |
| Ghazal singing, earlier an art form restricted to the nawabs and aristocrats, was bought to the people by Begum Akhtar and later popularised by Pankaj Udhas. |
| At Sardhana, gifted to them by Shah Alam II, they established a multicultural court where the Begum ruled for 50 years after her husband's death. |
| Though Begum Azad has sung in other languages including Bengali, Hindi, Urdu and Telugu, it is her mother-tongue that she is most comfortable with. |
| The deceased has been identified as Ashora Begum, 60, wife of Ali Mohammed of Surankote. |
| The Begum jilbab case may well be of interest to Muslims of a variety of political persuasions. |
