{"id":328376,"date":"2025-03-01T16:21:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T10:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=328376"},"modified":"2025-03-05T09:52:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T04:22:59","slug":"amir-khusrau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/amir-khusrau\/","title":{"rendered":"Amir Khusrau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amir Khusrau, the legendary 13th-century Sufi poet and musician, is in the news due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s participation in the 25th edition of Jahan-e-Khusrau, an annual Sufi music festival held in his honor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-328814 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amir-Khusrau.png?resize=663%2C440&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Amir Khusrau\" width=\"663\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amir-Khusrau.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amir-Khusrau.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amir-Khusrau.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amir-Khusrau.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>About Amir Khusrau<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was born in 1253, likely in Patiyali, Etah district, Uttar Pradesh.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amir Khusrau is credited with developing <\/span><b>qawwali<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a devotional form of Sufi music that continues to be performed at Sufi shrines today.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He played a crucial role in shaping <\/span><b>Indian classical music<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, influencing styles like <\/span><b>khayal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>tarana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is also said to have invented the <\/span><b>sitar and tabla<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, though historical evidence for this claim is debated.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, he contributed to the development of several <\/span><b>ragas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that remain integral to Indian classical music.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amir Khusrau was one of the earliest writers to use <\/span><b>Hindavi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a language that later evolved into modern Hindi and Urdu.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His works blended elements of <\/span><b>Persian, Arabic, Turkish, and local Indian dialects<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, making them accessible to a wide audience.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also popularised <\/span><b>riddles, proverbs, and folk songs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hindavi, which are still enjoyed today.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He served as a court poet under <\/span><b>five Delhi Sultans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including <\/span><b>Muizuddin Qaiqabad, Jalaluddin Khalji, Alauddin Khalji, Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah, and Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He wrote extensively in <\/span><b>Persian<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the official language of the Delhi Sultanate, as well as in Hindavi.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amir Khusrau was a devoted disciple of <\/span><b>Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, one of the most revered Sufi saints of India.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He wrote favourably about Hindu philosophical thought in his Persian masnavi <\/span><b>Nuh Siphir<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and composed folk songs that resonated with people of all faiths.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of his most famous compositions include <\/span><b>&#8220;Chhaap Tilak,&#8221; &#8220;Zehal-e-Miskeen,&#8221; and &#8220;Sakal Ban Phool Rahi Sarson,&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which are still performed in Sufi gatherings and Bollywood films.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Amir Khusrau, the legendary 13th-century Sufi poet and musician, is in the news due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s participation in the 25th edition of Jahan-e-Khusrau, an annual Sufi music festival held in his honor.\u00a0 About Amir Khusrau He was born in 1253, likely in Patiyali, Etah district, Uttar Pradesh.\u00a0 Amir Khusrau is credited&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/amir-khusrau\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Amir Khusrau<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":328814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212,12039],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-328376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Amir-Khusrau.png?fit=1280%2C850&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}