Akbar Nizami and Gufran Nizami are among the most renowned Qawwali singers in the Sufi style, Astana Gayki, and modern Qawwali traditions. They belong to the legendary Sikandrabad Gharana, which has produced Indian musical giants such as Ustad Qudratullah Khan Sahab and Ustad Kifayatullah Khan Sahab.

As the sons of Aziz-uz-Zama, they have inherited a rich musical legacy. Akbar Nizami learned Qawwali from his brother, the late Ustad Ghulam Sabir Nizami, and performed over 4,000 shows with him since 1982.

He also trained in classical compositions under Haji Ustad Altaf Hussain Khan Sahab, a Padma Bhushan awardee from the acclaimed Khurja Gharana, who was his maternal grandfather. The ancestors of this traditional Gharana were esteemed classical vocalists, Dhrupadiyas, composers, musicologists, and poets for over 700 years.

Their lineage traces back to the spiritual and musical traditions of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya and Hazrat Khwaja Amir Khusro (R.A.) in Old Delhi.