Indian poet, writer, singer and scholar (1253–1325)
He's called the father of qawwali and the voice of India — a 13th-century Sufi poet who wrote in Persian and Hindavi, bridging devotional music and courtly verse in ways that still shape how the subcontinent sings.
Abu'l Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau was born in 1253 and lived through the Delhi Sultanate as a court poet, musician, and scholar. A mystic and spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya, he wrote primarily in Persian but also in Hindavi, producing work across eleven metrical schemes and verse forms from ghazal to masnavi. He introduced the ghazal style of song into India and is credited as the father of qawwali, the devotional Sufi singing tradition. His mastery ranged from Khāqānī's qasidas to Nizami's khamsa, and he's attributed with the Ḳhāliq Bārī, a vocabulary in verse mixing Arabic, Persian,…
Sourced, dated quotes from Amir Khusrow
On Tuesday, the 3rd of Ziqad in AH 700 (10 July, 1301), the strong fort [of Ranthambhor] was conquered. Jhain which was the abode of the infidels, became a new city for Musalmans.
When he advanced from the capital of Karra, the Hindus, in alarm, descended into the earth like ants.
During the attack, the catapults were busily plied on both sides… ‘Praise be to God for his exaltation of the religion of Muhammad.
The Sultan reached Jhain in the afternoon of the third day and stayed in the palace of the Raya… He greatly enjoyed his stay for some time.
But see the mercy with which he regarded the brokenhearted, for, after seizing the rai, he set him free again.
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