Atta Ullah Khan Essa Khailvi was born on 19 August 1951 in Isa khel District Mianwali.He belongs to the famous Niazi Pathan tribe, therefore he was named in his childhood as Atta Ullah Khan Niazi. Right from his childhood he had inner leaning towards music and used to practise singing He did first name for himself to the extent that he was invited to do a show on Radio Pakistan Bahawalpur in 1972. He did a stage show as well in Mianwali the same year. These events increased his popularity. He then appeared on Pakistan Television in a very famous TV Programme called Nilam Ghar from Karachi.Attaullah Khan Isa Khelvi has the honor of recording more than five hundred audio cassettes.