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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Ghulam Muhammad Zaz<br />
| birth_place = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Kashmir]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| occupation = Artist <br />
| known_for = [[Santoor]]<br />
| notable_works = <br />
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br />
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'''Ghulam Muhammad Zaz''' is an artist from [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Kashmir]], India. He is known for making [[Santoor]] and other hand-crafting traditional musical instruments. He is known to be the last Santoor maker of Kashmir.<ref name="Print">{{cite news |url=https://theprint.in/india/kashmirs-last-santoor-maker-ghulam-muhammad-conferred-with-padma-shri/1337274/ |access-date=26 January 2023 |agency=The Print |title= Kashmir’s last santoor maker, Ghulam Muhammad conferred with Padma Shri |publisher=The Print}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jammu Kashmir: मोहन सिंह स्लाथिया और गुलाम मोहम्मद जाज पद्मश्री से होंगे सम्मानित, उपराज्यपाल ने दी बधाई |url=https://www.amarujala.com/jammu/santoor-craftsman-ghulam-muhammad-zaz-to-receive-padma-shri-in-field-of-art-craft-2023-01-25 |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Islam |first=Muheet Ul |date=2021-04-07 |title=Zaz, the last man in Kashmir to pour music into wood and strings |url=https://www.siasat.com/zaz-the-last-man-in-kashmir-to-pour-music-into-wood-and-strings-2121143/ |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=The Siasat Daily |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Prabhasakshi |date=2023-01-28 |title=Kashmir के आखिरी संतूर सरताज Ghulam Mohammad Zaz को Padma Shri Award मिलने की खुशी मगर... |url=https://www.prabhasakshi.com/national/kashmir-santoor-artist-ghulam-mohammad-zaz-will-get-padma-shri-award |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=Prabhasakshi |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Asma |first=Syed |date=2014-03-03 |title=End of an ‘Era’ |url=https://kashmirlife.net/end-of-an-era-56237/ |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=Kashmir Life |language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
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On 26 January 2023, he was honored with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award in India. <br />
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==Early life==<br />
Zaz was born in 1941, at Zaina Kadal area of [[Srinagar]].<ref name="TRT WORLD">{{cite news |last1=Muzamol |first1=Peerzada Sheikh |title=No strings attached: A craft wishers in Kashmir |url=https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/no-strings-attached-a-craft-withers-in-kashmir-54183 |access-date=2 February 2022 |agency=TRT World}}</ref> He has been making traditional [[Kashmiri culture|Kashmiri]] musical instruments like Santoor, Rabab and Sarangi since 1953.<br />
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