Ustad Bade Fateh Ali Khan PP (Urdu: بڑے فتح علی خان; (20 April 1935 - 4 January 2017) was among the foremost Khyal vocalists in Pakistan, and a leading exponent of the Patiala Gharana tradition of music.

[6] Along with his elder brother Amanat Ali, he was trained by their father, Akhtar Hussain Khan,[3][7] a distinguished vocalist in the patronage of the princely state of Patiala in colonial British India.

The Patiala Gharana was founded in the mid to late 19th century by his great-grandfather Mian Kallu (also known as Kalu-miya Khan)[8] who had received classical music training from the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar's court musician Mir Qutub Bakhsh Tanrus Khan of Delhi gharana of classical musicians.

Overcoming destitution in their new home, the duo swung back while still in their teens to earn their rightful place amongst the foremost vocalists of the subcontinent.

Fateh Ali is reported to have had a deep depression for over a year and a half, following which he joined Radio Pakistan as a supervisor.

[10] The pair had, since their alliance, performed widely in Europe, North America, the Middle East, and South Asia, and released several recordings.

[12] One highly unusual CD released in 1992 on the ECM label is entitled Ragas and Sagas, which is a collaboration with Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek.

The famous nohakhawan Haider Rizvi Alhussaini was also a student of the great Bade Fateh Ali Khan.

[4] Khan developed lung disease in late 2016 and was admitted to PIMS Hospital in Islamabad[14][15] where he died on 4 January on 2017 at the age of 82.