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Amir Khusro

Type Figure Region South Asia Time 1253–1325 Also known as Amir Khusro、Ab'ul Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrow、Amir Khusrau

Amir Khusro was the most outstanding Persian- and Hindi-language litterateur, poet and musician of the Delhi Sultanate, born in Patiali in 1253 and d…

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  1. 1253–1270Patiali · Uttar PradeshBorn into a Turkic military family, he showed poetic talent from childhood and entered the sultan's court as a youth, beginning to write panegyrics and narrative works in Persian, and becoming a disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya.
  2. 1270–1287Delhi · DelhiServed as court poet in the reign of Sultan Balban from the 1270s to the 1280s, composing works such as the Futuh al-Futuh praising the sultan, recording major court events, and continuing to deepen his Sufi practice and Hindi literary experiments.
  3. 1287–1325Delhi · DelhiServed under Kayqubad, the Khaljis and other courts, producing masterpieces such as the Divan-i Khusro and the Panjganj, pioneering the qawwali musical genre, and dying in 1325 shortly after his mentor Nizamuddin passed away, buried in Delhi.

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