Indian poet, writer, singer and scholar (1253–1325)
Amir Khusrau
Amir Khusrow teaching his disciples in a miniature from a manuscript of Majlis al-Ushaq by Sultan Husayn Bayqara
Background information
Birth name
Ab'ul Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn K͟husrau
Born
1253 Patiyali, Delhi Sultanate (now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died
October 1325 (aged 71–72) Delhi, Delhi Sultanate (now in Delhi, India)
Genres
Ghazal, Qawwali, Ruba'i, Tarana
Occupation(s)
Sufi, singer, poet, composer, author, scholar
Influenced by Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya
Musical artist
Urdu literature ادبیاتِ اُردُو
Urdu literature
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Amir Khusrau (father of Urdu literature) - Wali Dakhani (father of Urdu poetry) - Mir Taqi Mir - Ghalib - Abdul Haq (Baba-e-Urdu)
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Abu'l Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau (1253 – 1325 AD), better known as Amīr Khusrau, was an Indo-Persian[1] Sufi singer, musician, poet and scholar who lived during the period of the Delhi Sultanate.
He is an iconic figure in the cultural history of South Asia. He was a mystic and a spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi, India. He wrote poetry primarily in Persian, but also in Hindavi. A vocabulary in verse, the Ḳhāliq Bārī, containing Arabic, Persian and Hindavi terms is often attributed to him.[2] Khusrau is sometimes referred to as the "voice of India" or "Parrot of India" (Tuti-e-Hind), and has been called the "father of Urdu literature."[3][4][5][6]
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Khusrau is regarded as the "father of qawwali" (a devotional form of singing of the Sufis in the Indian subcontinent), and introduced the ghazal style of song into India, both of which still exist widely in India and Pakistan.[7][8]
Khusrau was an expert in many styles of Persian poetry which were developed in medieval Persia, from Khāqānī's qasidas to Nizami's khamsa. He used 11 metrical schemes with 35 distinct divisions. He wrote in many verse forms including ghazal, masnavi, qata, rubai, do-baiti and tarkib-band. His contribution to the development of the ghazal was significant.[2][9]
Alexander Visits the Sage Plato, from the Khamsa of Amir Khusrau
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^ abRashid, Omar (23 July 2012). "Chasing Khusro". The Hindu newspaper. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
^"Amīr Khosrow | Indian poet". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 5 August 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
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^Bhattacharya, Vivek Ranjan (1982). Famous Indian sages: their immortal messages. Sagar Publications. Archived from the original on 2 July 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
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^Powers & Qureshi 1989, pp. 702–705.
^Schimmel, A. "Amīr Ḵosrow Dehlavī". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Eisenbrauns Inc. Archived from the original on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
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