Born into a household of brilliant musicians, Inayat literally was bathed in music. His Grandfather Maulabakhsh took him under his wing and together they sought out the company of dervishes and fakirs. Inayat was awarded a full scholarship by the Maharajah to his Grandfather's music school, He regularly took first place at all of the recitals,

Born into a household of brilliant musicians, Inayat literally was bathed in music. His Grandfather Maulabakhsh took him under his wing and together they sought out the company of dervishes and fakirs. Inayat was awarded a full scholarship by the Maharajah to his Grandfather's music school, He regularly took first place at all of the recitals, wrote songs, and formed a debating society to spotlight the issues of the day.

Free Download on Soundcloud NARRATOR Inayat had left home with his best friend to start his own music school.He had a crises of faith and questioned why he should pray?
NARRATOR Upon the death of his grandfather Maulabakhsh Shole Khan, he fell into a deep depression. So his Father Rahmat took him to Nepal for a year Roaming the mountains, Inayat

Free Download on Soundcloud NARRATOR Inayat had left home with his best friend to start his own music school.He had a crises of faith and questioned why he should pray?
NARRATOR Upon the death of his grandfather Maulabakhsh Shole Khan, he fell into a deep depression. So his Father Rahmat took him to Nepal for a year Roaming the mountains, Inayat met a Muni who revealed to him secret of the sound of the universe.

Free Download on Soundcloud Inayat came home to new instruments and western music.Then tragedy struck Baroda. The Monsoon failed. Famine and plague overshadowed the family. Inayat lost his brother Karamat and his childhood friend Sadanand, His mother's health began to decline and two years later she died during preparations for his wedding; then

Free Download on Soundcloud Inayat came home to new instruments and western music.Then tragedy struck Baroda. The Monsoon failed. Famine and plague overshadowed the family. Inayat lost his brother Karamat and his childhood friend Sadanand, His mother's health began to decline and two years later she died during preparations for his wedding; then his bride passed away as well. Inayat left home for a musical tour of Mysore, returned after a year, was married again. Then after a year, his second wife died. His heart had truly been broken open.

Free download on Soundcloud Inayat absorbed classical sufi teachings from Maula Hashimi pictured here, and the perfume of the heart from his Murshid Abu Hashim Madani soul to soul. He continued to give concerts and returned for a visit to Baroda on the tenth anniversary of his grandfather's passing. He returned to Moinuddin Chishti's dargah in

Free download on Soundcloud Inayat absorbed classical sufi teachings from Maula Hashimi pictured here, and the perfume of the heart from his Murshid Abu Hashim Madani soul to soul. He continued to give concerts and returned for a visit to Baroda on the tenth anniversary of his grandfather's passing. He returned to Moinuddin Chishti's dargah in Ajmer and was transfixed by the dervishes he encountered there. He then returned to Hyderabad where his aged murshid foretold the day of his death. Inayat had received the highest musical honor from the Nizam of Hyderabad. He had met and studied for almost four years at the feet of his spiritual master Abu Hashim Madani. Once again his heart was broken. His murshid had come to the end of his allotted days. The palace and the poets no longer attracted him. He headed southwest.

Final Episode. Traveling to Sri Lanka, Burma, and settling in Kolkata for a while on advise of his father to settle down somewhere, Inayat still remained on the move, and with the death of his father, he left his 15 year old brother in the care of the auntie-landlady, he accepted an invitation to travel to New York. He invited his brother Mahbood,

Final Episode. Traveling to Sri Lanka, Burma, and settling in Kolkata for a while on advise of his father to settle down somewhere, Inayat still remained on the move, and with the death of his father, he left his 15 year old brother in the care of the auntie-landlady, he accepted an invitation to travel to New York. He invited his brother Mahbood, and cousin Mohammed Ali to accompany him on a concert tour to the West, where continued to travel for the next 16 years, tuning souls instead of musical instruments.