Seyed Khalil Alinezhad (alternative spelling: Seyyed Khalil Alinejad; Persian: سید خلیل عالینژاد , born 1968, Sahneh, Kermanshah, Iran - 2001, Gothenburg, Sweden) was a great master of the spiritual instrument tanbur, recognized as one of the best tanbur players ever known. Seyed Khalil was born in a Kurdish family in a Sahneh County village in the Kermanshah Province, in western Iran. He started his tanbur lessons with Seyed Nader Taheri and followed his studies under supervisions of Seyed Amrollah Shah Ebrahimi, Darvish Amir Hayati, and Master Abedin Khademi. He finished his academic studies in the 1970s from University of Tehran with a thesis titled “Tanbur - from the very beginning till now” (تنبور از دیر باز تا کنون). During his lifetime he became known as a spiritual leader of the mystic religion Ahl-e Haqq (People of truth), related to Sufism, Shia Islam, Yazidism and Alevi traditions. Because of his religious beliefs, and his support of political rights and freedom, he was disliked by the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He is considered by many the very greatest tanbur player of the 1980s-90’s. At the beginning of 80’s he joined the Shams Ensemble. In the mid 1980’s he established a musical group named “Baba Taher Ensemble (بابا طاهر ). During his life, besides performing his composed solo masterpieces he also had many cooperative performances. He still has many supporters, those who enjoy his spiritual and holy songs, and those who enjoy his masterpieces. At the end of 80’s he left his hometown for Tehran and from Tehran to Sweden. In 2001, he died n fire at ABF in Gothenburg, Sweden. There reasons of the fire were not completely investigated, and there is a strong belief among the Seyed Khalil followers and supporters that he was murdered by the agents of the current Iranian regime.His body was buried in Sahneh County. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.