Amīr Khosrow

Amīr Khosrow

▪ Indian poet

born 1253, Patiāli [now in Uttar Pradesh, India]
died 1325, Delhi

      poet and historian, considered one of India's greatest Persian-language poets.

      Amīr Khosrow was the son of a Turkish officer in the service of Iltutmish, sultan of Delhi, and for his entire life he enjoyed the patronage of the Muslim rulers of Delhi, especially Sultan Ghīyās-ud-Dīn Balban and his son Muḥammad Khān of Multān. During his youth he became a dedicated follower of the saint of Delhi, Muḥammad Niẓām-ud-Dīn Awliyā, of the Chishtī dervish order; eventually he was buried next to the saint's tomb.

      Sometimes known as “the parrot of India,” Amīr Khosrow wrote numerous works, among them five divans, which were compiled at different periods in his life, and his Khamsah (“Pentalogy”), a group of five long idylls in emulation of the Khamseh of the celebrated Persian poet Neẓāmī (c. 1141–1209). Amīr Khosrow's pentalogy deals with general themes famous in Islāmic literature. In addition to his poetry, he is known for a number of prose works, including the Khazāʾin al-futūḥ (“The Treasure-Chambers of the Victories”), also known by the title Tārīkh-e ʿAlāʾī (“The History of Ala”). Two historical poems for which he is well known are Nuh Sipihr (“The Nine Heavens”) and the Tughluq-nāmah (“The Book of Tughluq”).

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