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Ab'ul Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn khusrow Hindi अमीर ख़ुसरौ, (Urdu: ابوالحسن یمین‌الدین خسرو‎;, better known as Amīr Khusraw Dehlawī was a Sufi musician, poet and scholar. He was an iconic figure in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent. He was a mystic and a spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi. Amīr Khusrau is reputed to have invented certain musical instruments like the sitar and tabla.. He wrote poetry primarily in Persian, but also in Hindavi. A vocabulary in verse, the Ḳhāliq Bārī, containing Arabic, Persian, and Hindavi terms is often attributed to him.

He is regarded as the "father of Qawwali" , and introduced the ghazal style of song into India, both of which still exist widely in India and Pakistan. He is also credited with introducing Persian, Arabic and Turkish elements into Indian classical music and was the originator of the khayal and tarana styles of music.

Khusrau was an expert in many styles of Persian poetry which were developed in medieval Persia, from Khāqānī's qasidas to Nizami's khamsa. He used 11 metrical schemes with 35 distinct divisions. He has written in many verse forms including ghazal, masnavi, qata, rubai, do-baiti and tarkib-band. His contribution to the development of the g͟hazal, is significant.

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Amir Khusrau

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In the Bazaar of Love: The Selected Poetry of Amir Khusrau

The Writings Of Amir Khusrau :700 years after the prophet : a 13th-14th century legend of Indian-sub-continent

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دیوان امیر خسرو دهلوی

Khusro, the Indian Orpheus

Amir Khusrau: Selected Poems

Odes of Khusro: Persian to Urdu Translation

The Book of Amir Khusrau: Selected Poems & The Tale of the Four Dervishes

Sufi Poets of the Thirteenth Century: Selected Poems: Volume 4 (Centuries of Sufi Poets Series)

The Bagh O Bahar Or, the Garden and the Spring

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Sufi Sant Amir Khusro va Unki Shayari (Hindi)

Ten Great Sufi Poets of Delhi: Amir Khusrau, Hasan Dehlavi, Dara Shikoh, Sarmad, Makhfi, Bedil, Mir, Dard, Zafar & Ghalib. SELECTED POEMS & BIOGRAPHIES

The Library of Great Sufi Poets: Book One

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Bag o bahar; le jardin et le printemps, poême hindoustani. Traduit en français par Garcin de Tassy (French Edition)

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Bag o bahar; le jardin et le printemps, poême hindoustani. Traduit en français par Garcin de Tassy (French Edition)