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Amir Khusro-ugc

1-Amir Khusro was a prolific Persian poet (1253-1325 AD) associated with royal courts of more than seven rulers of DelhiSultanate.

2-Amir Khusro was a genius of those times. A very versatile person, he was a soldier, a composer of poetry in Arabic, Persian,Urdu, and a diplomat, shrewd in Court matters and was also a good musician.

3-He accompanied Allauddin Khalji, when he conquered the Yadava kingdom of Devagiri.As a result of fusion of musical thoughts of Amir Khusro, many innovations took place.

4- One of them was the present day Khayal that evolved around the fourteenth century.

5-Amir Khusro wrote Tarikh-i-Alai or Khazain-ul-Fatuh. In this book he gave an account of conquest of Alauddin.

6-He wrote another book called Ashiqa, which contains the love story of Deval Rani and Khizr Khan.

7-In his Nur-Siphir or nine skies, he gave the Story of Sultan Mubarak Shah.

8- He also lived in the court of Ghias-ud-din Tughluq and wroteTughluqnama.

9-Khushro is also known as Tuti-i-Hind or parrot of India.