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Music is the language of the soul and for two people of different nations or races to unite, there is no better means than music

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Hazrat Inayat Khan
Age: 44 †
Born: 1882
Born: July 5
Died: 1927
Died: February 5
Clergyman
Musician
Philosopher
Teacher
Writer
Baroda
Inayat Khan Rehmat Khan Pathan
Music
Unite
Better
Races
Mean
Race
Different
Nations
People
Language
Means
Two
Soul

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