Bismillah Khan was not only renowned in India but also internationally. He promoted Shehnai at international levels of participating in the world exposition, Cannes Art Festival and Osaka Trade Fair. He became the first Irtdian to be invited to perform at the prestigious Lincoln Central Hall in the United States of America. So well-known did he become internationally that an auditorium in Tehran was named after him, “Tahar Mosiquee Ustaad Bismillah Khan.”