S A SagarAmir Khusro, has been eulogized ad nauseum as the shining example of Indiain composite culture. Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Indian first president wrote: The beginning of Indian composite culture can be traced to Amir Khusro’s efforts. Our history bears testimony to the fact that it was the result of Amir Khusro’s preaching of other Sufis and saints that the basis and shape of the government of the Sultanate became broader in the 14th century and thereafter. It is not surprising, therefore, that we find among his admirers both Hindus and Muslims.
Ab’ul Hasan Yamin al-Din Khusrow (1253-1325 CE) , better known as Amir Khusrow (also Khusrau, Khusro) Dehlawi, was an Indian musician, scholar and poet. He was an iconic figure in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent. A Sufi mystic and a spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi, Amir Khusrow was not only a notable poet but also a prolific and seminal musician. He wrote poetry primarily in Persian, but also in Hindavi.
He is regarded as the “father of qawwali” (the devotional music of the Indian Sufis). He is also credited with enriching Hindustani classical music by introducing Persian and Arabic elements in it, and was the originator of the khayal and tarana styles of music. The invention of the tabla is also traditionally attributed to Amir Khusrow.. Amir Khusrow used only 11 metrical schemes with 35 distinct divisions. He has written Ghazal, Masnavi, Qata, Rubai, Do-Beti and Tarkibhand.
A musician and a scholar, Amir Khusrow was as prolific in tender lyrics as in highly involved prose and could easily emulate all styles of Persian poetry which had developed in medieval Persia, from Khaqani’s forceful qasidas to Nezami’s khamsa. His contribution to the development of the ghazal, hitherto little used in India, is particularly significant.
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