Delhi Sultanate: Literature

Amir Khusrau, also known as Abu'l Hasan Yamn ud-Din Khusrau, was an Indian Sufi singer, musician, poet, and scholar who flourished under the Delhi Sultanate. He was born in 1253 and died in 1325. In the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent, he is a legendary person. He was a mystic and Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi, India, was his spiritual teacher. He primarily composed poetry in Persian, although he also wrote in Hindavi. He is frequently credited with creating the Haliq Bari, a poetry vocabulary that includes phrases from Arabic, Persian, and Hindavi. Khusrau has been referred to be the "founder of Urdu literature," the "voice of India," or the "Parrot of India" (Tuti-e-Hind). Khusrau is credited as being the "founder of qawwali," a Sufi devotional singing style that is still extensively practised in Pakistan and India. He also brought the ghazal song form to India. Khusrau was a master in a variety of Persian poetic genres that emerged in mediaeval Persia, including Nizami's khamsa and Khaqani's qasidas. He employed 11 different metrical schemes with 35 different divisions. In addition to ghazal, masnavi, qata, rubai, do-baiti, and tarkib-band, he also wrote in other poetry forms. He made a major contribution to the growth of the ghazal.

Amir Khusrau, also known as Abu'l Hasan Yamn ud-Din Khusrau, was an Indian Sufi singer, musician, poet, and scholar who flourished under the Delhi Sultanate. He was born in 1253 and died in 1325. In the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent, he is a legendary person. He was a mystic and Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi, India, was his spiritual teacher. He primarily composed poetry in Persian, although he also wrote in Hindavi. He is frequently credited with creating the Haliq Bari, a poetry vocabulary that includes phrases from Arabic, Persian, and Hindavi. Khusrau has been referred to be the "founder of Urdu literature," the "voice of India," or the "Parrot of India" (Tuti-e-Hind). Khusrau is credited as being the "founder of qawwali," a Sufi devotional singing style that is still extensively practised in Pakistan and India. He also brought the ghazal song form to India. Khusrau was a master in a variety of Persian poetic genres that emerged in mediaeval Persia, including Nizami's khamsa and Khaqani's qasidas. He employed 11 different metrical schemes with 35 different divisions. In addition to ghazal, masnavi, qata, rubai, do-baiti, and tarkib-band, he also wrote in other poetry forms. He made a major contribution to the growth of the ghazal.