part of his musical career to the study of taranas. In his research, he found that the words used in Tarana come from Persian and Arabic languages. In one of his research articles he explained their meanings as follows: Tanan Dar Aa - Enter my body. O Dani - He knows Tu Dani - You know. Na Dir Dani - You are the Complete Wisdom. Tom - I am yours, I belong to you. Yala - Ya Allah Yali - Ya Ali In another interview, he also states the meaning of the following syllables: Dar – Bheetar, Aandar (inside) Dara – Andar Aa (get in or come inside) Dartan – Tanke Aandar (inside the body) Tanandara – Tanke Aandar Aa (Come inside the body) Tom – Main Tum Hun (I am you) Nadirdani – Tu Sabse Adhik Janata Hai (You know more than anyone else) Tandardani – Tanke Aandarka Jannewala (One who knows what is inside the body) Personal life Amir Khan's first marriage was to Zeenat, sister of the sitar player, Vilayat Khan. From this marriage, which eventually failed and ended in separation, he had a daughter, Farida. His second marriage was to Munni Bai, who gave birth to a son, Akram Ahmed. Around 1965, Khansaheb married Raisa Begum, daughter of the thumri singer, Mushtari Begum of Agra. He had expected that Munni Begum would accept the third wife; however, Munni disappeared and it is rumored that she committed suicide. With Raisa he had a son, Haider Amir, later called Shahbaz Khan. Khansahib died in a car accident in Calcutta on 13 February 1974 aged 61, and was buried at Calcutta's Gobra cemetery. Discography Movies Baiju Bawra (music director: Naushad) 'Tori Jai Jai Kartar' (raga Puriya Dhanashree; alternate version here) 'Sargam' (raga Darbari) 'Langar Kankariya Ji Na Maro' (raga Todi, with D. V. Paluskar) 'Aaj Gaawat Man Mero Jhoomke' (raga Desi, with D. V. Paluskar) 'Ghanana Ghanana Ghana Garjo Re' (raga Megh) Kshudhita Pashan (music director: Ali Akbar Khan) 'Kaise Kate Rajni' (raga Bageshree, with Protima Banerjee) 'Piya Ke Aavan Ki' (thumri in raga Khamaj) 'Dheemta Dheemta Derena' (tarana in raga Megh) Shabaab (music director: Naushad) 'Daya Kar He Giridhar Gopal' (raga Multani) Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (music director: Vasant Desai) Title song 'Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje' (raga Adana) Goonj Uthi Shehnai (ragamala with Bismillah Khan) Bhatiyar Ramkali Desi Shuddh Sarang Multani Yaman Bageshree Chandrakauns Ragini 'Jogiya Mere Ghar