Author: S B P Nigam
Several Contributors/
Contributor(s)/Artis: M Rehman/Shujat Ali Danilvi/Shahab Sarmadee et al
Publisher: Publications Division
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 216
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8123013981
Description
Amir Khusrau was a prolific classical poet associated with the royal courts of more than seven rulers of the Delhi Sultanate. He was a multifaceted personality – a poet of good taste and sweet diction, a mystic, a scholar, a reporter and a musician.
Besides these attributes he was also a household name, particularly in North India, through hundreds of playful riddles, songs and legends attributed to him this book unfolds various aspects of this personality who represents one of the first recorded Indian personages with a true pluralistic identity.
Contents
Foreword to the
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First Edition
Importance of Amir Khusrau
Amir Khusrau and India
A harbinger of Hindu-Muslim Culture
A Great Indian Patriot
Musical Genius of Amir Khusrau
A Persian Poet Par Excellence
Persian Love Poetry of Amir Khusrau
Amir Khusrau’s Hindi Poetry
An Accomplished Critic
Affectionate Response to the Indian Environment
Khusrau’s Works As Sources of social History
The Historian in Khusrau
Khusrau – From Iranian Angle
