Amir Khusro : Ab'ul
Hasan Yāmīn al-Dīn Khusrow
(1253-1325 CE) better known as Amir Khusro Dehlavi
or Amir Khusraw Balkhi in Afghanistan and Iran (in
Persian ), is one of the iconic figures in the cultural history
of the Indian subcontinent. A Sufi mystic and a spiritual
disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi, Amir Khusro (or Khusrau
or Khusraw) was not only one of India's greatest poets, he
is also credited with being the founder of both Hindustani
classical music and Qawwali (the devotional music of the Sufis).
He was born of a Turkish father, Saif Ad-din, and an Indian
mother, in India.
Urs is on 30th - 31st of October 2007
Urs is on 30th - 31st of October 2007
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