This article relies too much on references to primary sources. (August 2015) Noor Jehan (Urdu: نور جہاں‎, born Allah Rakhi Wasai; 21 September 1925 – 23 December 2000), better known by her honorific title Malika-e-Tarannum (Urdu: ملکہ ترنم‎), was a Pakistani singer and actress who worked first in British India and then in Pakistan. Her career spanned more than six decades (1930s–1990s).