Amir Khusrau / work of Amir Khusrau

Amir Khusrau / Work of Amir Khusrau

Amir Khusrau

Dr. K. S. Lal describes the multifarious activities of Khusrau: “The interest and activities of Khusrau were multifarious. Although he cannot be accepted as a good historian like barani, yet whatever he wrote, he did it with honesty and truth. Hence his historical and literacy works are regarded as the most significant source material for the history of pre-Mughal Period.”

Amir Khusrau was born in village Patiali in Uttar Pradesh in A.D. 1253. He was a born poet and genius as a writer. He adorned the courts of all the sultans from Balban to Ghiasuddin Tughluq. He was primarily a poet and not a historian but his writings constitute a very significant source material. Dr Mahdi Hussain remarks about his versatile personality: “Besides being a born poet, Khusrau was a soldier, a warrior and a traveler. He traveled to distant lands in India. With the armies of Sultan he traveled to Deogiri in the South, Lakhnauti in the East and Multan in the West.” Mirza Muhammad Wahid writes about him: “He was th first and by far the most prominent representative of Indo-Muslim culture.” He had a great love for music and was popularly known as Tuti-e-Hind. His following works need special mention:

Qiran-us-Sadain – This Historical masnavi is composed in the form of poetry and the meeting between Kaiqubad and Bughra Khan has been highlighted in it.
Dewan-ul-Futuh - It is composed in verse. Military campaigns of Jalaluddin Khalji have been described in this book.
Dewan Rani and Khizr Khan - In this masnavi Amir Khusrau decribes the story of love adventures of Khizr Khan with Dewal Rani.
Nuh-i-Sipihr - This poetic work highlights the political and social conditions of the reign of Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah.
Khazain-ul-Fatuh - It is written in the form of prose and it contains description of the victories of Alauddin Khalji.
Tughluq-Nama - It is also an historical masnavi. The victory of Chiasuddin Tughluq against Khusrau Khan has been highlighted in this book.

Besides these historical books, khusrau wrote some literary books such as Five Diwans, Khamsa, Aziz-i-Khusravi and Afzal-ul-Wayad. They also throw amle light on the socio-cultural history of that period. In fact, the works of Amir Khusrau are a treasure house of knowledge as regards the life and condition of the people of India.

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