Who is Amir Khusro and write a short note on him.
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Amir Khusrow was a Sufi mystic and a spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya. He lived for 72 years, out of which 60 years he lived in the courts of as many as ten different rulers of the Delhi Sultanate. He was a poet as well as prolific musician. His primary language to write poems was Persian but he composed almost half a million verses in Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Braj Bhasha, Hindavi as well as the Khadi Boli. His Khaliq-e-bari, which is known as oldest printed dictionary of the world deals with Hindi and Persian words. He is regarded as the “father of qawwali”. He is also credited with enriching Indian classical music by introducing Persian and Arabic elements in it, and was the originator of the khayal and tarana styles of music. Khayal later reached to its zenith during the times of Mohammad Shah Rangile and today is integral part of Hindustani classical music. His association with various sultans enabled him to travel and stay in various parts of India and this gave him exposure to various local traditions. This helped him to assimilate diverse musical influences. He was patronized by three Khilji rulers successively.
Amir Khusro was a famous poet, writer , Scholar, Sufi Saint, musician and inventor during the period of mediaeval India.
>> He assisted under 10 Sultans of Delhi.
>> Amir Khusro was born in 1253 in Uttar Pradesh.
>> Amir Khusro was a Sufi Saint and his was the disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya.
>> Amir Khusro discovered the qawwali type of music and also invented the music instruments like sitar and tabla.
>> He wrote many books like Rehla which describes about the love story of Alauddin Khilji's son.
>> Amir Khusro also discovered the language Hindi.
>> He was also called as Tota - e - hind or Parrot of India.