Feiruz's career began with Radio Hargeisa in the late 1950s.
He was one of the first popular Somali kaban (oud) players in the 1950s, and eventually began incorporating modern instruments into his performances in the 1960s, such as the guitar, violin and accordion.
A prominent member of the Walaalaha Hargeisa and Hobolada Waaberi musical troupes, Feiruz composed, among other tunes, Ilaahayow waa kugu mahad, a tune whose release coincided with the independence of the former British Somaliland protectorate.
Feiruz had a significant influence on newer generations of Somali musicians in the 1960s and 1970s.
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