Inam Ali Khan was the son of Gameh Khan (1883-1958) and the maternal nephew of Natthu Khan (1875-1940; he became khalifa of the Delhi tradition on the death of his father. He was also the teacher of Latif Ahmed Khan (1942-89) and Faiyaz Khan (1934-). He is known to us primarily through Robert Gottlieb's 1977 study of tabla gharanas: he had a clear, clean sound and an intricate knowledge of methods for varying rhythmic themes, as he shows in this Gottlieb recording from 1971 (though not the one that appears with Gottlieb's book). I met with and interviewed him and his paternal uncle Munnu Khan (?1900-90?) several times in 1984, and even recorded a little of Inam Ali's playing (although, owing to ill-health, he had effectively stopped performing). I hope one day to publish those interviews.