Delhi Sultanate: Literature

Amir Hassan Al Sizzi is author of Fawaid ul Fawad.

Indian music motivated the Muslim society to be passionate towards music. Consequently, Amir Khusrau emerged as a great musician during Sultanate period. He invented "Sitar' with a combination of Irani Tamboora and Indian Veena. He combined some Indian and Persian melodies elegantly and introduced some new melody styles like Iman, Zilf, Sajgari, etc.

Amir Khusrau's real name was Abul Hasan Yaminuddin Khusrau. He was a great scholar and poet of his time. He was the first author who used Hindi (Hindavi) phrases and words. The musical instruments like Tabla and Sitar were invented by Amir Khusrau in the 13/14th century.

Khwaza Ziya-uddin Nakhshabi had translated Chintamani Bhatt's text 'Suka Saptati in persian and gave it title "Tutinama'. Nakhshabi was a 14th century Persian Physician and sufi saint, who migrated to Badayun (UP).

Rana Kumbha was a patron of music, literature and art. He built a victory tower, 'Kirti Stambha as a mark of victory over Mahmud Khalji in 1440-1448 AD. He wrote texts on music like Sangeet Raj, Sangeet Mimansa, etc.

The correctly matched pair is option (c) the text of Pundrik Vitala is Raagmala, whereas Music texts of Pandit Bhavbhatta is Anup Sangeet Ratnakar. Ustad Chand Khan wrote 'Khayal Gayaki Ka Delhi Gharana' and Kumbha wrote "Sangitraja.'

Correctly matched list is as follows :

Note : In question, the name of writer is given as Venkatraman while the correct name is Venkatamakhin.

Ras Panchadhyayi was written by Nand Das and is poetry devoted to Lord Krishna in Braj Bhasa. Chaitanya Bhagvata by Sri Vindavan Das Thakura is a hagiography of Chaitnya Mahaprabhu written in Bengali language. Chaitanya Mangal was written by Jayananda while Bhakti Ratnakar by Narhari Chakravarti describes lives of devotees.

Emperor Firuz Shah Tughluq had written his memoirs titled "Futuhat-i-Firuz Shahi." Through this book, the Sultan wanted to prove himself as an ideal Muslim ruler.

'Mirat-e-Sikandari' describes the happiness and prosperity of the kingdom of Sultan Mahumd Begada of Gujarat. It mentions the businessmen benefitting from the safety of roads during the reign of Mahumd Begada. Hence it is clear that both the statement are true.