Posted on: 23 September 2015

Digital Rare Book:
Divan
By Amir Khusrau (1253-1325)
Published by Munshi Nawal Kishore Press, Lucknowr - 1874
In Urdu

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Ab'ul Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn khusrow (1253–1325 CE) Hindi अमीर ख़ुसरौ, (Urdu: ابوالحسن یمین‌الدین خسرو;, better known as Amīr Khusraw (also Khusrow, Hazrat Khusrow, Ameer Khusru) Dehlawī (meaning Amir Khusrau of Delhi) (امیر خسرو دہلوی) 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.(The roots for tabla invention are found in India. The carvings in Bhaja Caves in the state of Maharashtra in India shows a woman playing Tabla and another woman performing a dance, dating back to 200 BC. Taals has developed since the Vedic or Upanishad eras in India). 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" (a devotional music form of the Sufis in the Indian subcontinent), 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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The tomb of Amir Khusrau at Nizamuddin (top left), The tomb and mosque of Makhdum Sabzavari (botttom left), Styles and titles in Persian of Metcalfe as Agent of the G.G. (right).

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The tomb of Amir Khusrau at Nizamuddin (top left), The tomb and mosque of Makhdum Sabzavari (botttom left), Styles and titles in Persian of Metcalfe as Agent of the G.G. (right). [From 'Reminiscences of Imperial Delhi’, an album consisting of 89 folios containing approximately 130 paintings of views of the Mughal and pre-Mughal monuments of Delhi, as well as other contemporary material, with an accompanying manuscript text written by Sir Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe (1795-1853), the Governor-General’s Agent at the imperial court. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund and of the National Art-Collections Fund.] Huzrul (‘Respected’) Ameer (‘Literally, a Prince, Noble’) Khoosroo (‘Emperor’) was a man of great and diversified talents. He lived during the reign of Ghyasadeen Bulbun who reigned from AD 1226 to 1236 and was born at Mominabad in the Province of Rohilcund and died at Dehlie AD 1325. He was a disciple of the celebrated Saint Nizamoodeen- Page 39- [f. 43v] grief for whose death is asserted to have been the cause of his own. [The tomb of the poet Amir Khusrau at Nizamuddin. Amir Khusrau, was one of the most celebrated poets of India and served under several emperors. He was born in 1253 and died in 1325, six months after the death of his spiritual guide Nizamuddin Auliya, and was buried close to him.] Inscribed: naqsha-i dargah-i hazrat Amir Khusraw dar Nizam al-Din. His family are originally natives of Bulkh. Durgah (‘Shrine’) Mukhdoom (‘literally a Servant’) Subzwaree (‘title taken from the place of birth’) Saheb. The individual whose shrine is here represented was a native of the town of Subz in the Province of Kish, and was a person of uncommon talent. When he had acquired as much learning as his birth place could furnish him with, he proceeded to Shiraz and Bokhara, where he pursued [The tomb and adjacent mosque of Makhdum Sabzavari.] his studies in medicine and other branches of service and literature to a perfection which entitled him to diplomas. Hence he came to Hindoostan during the reign of Sultan (‘Emperor’) Alaoodeen(‘Glory of the Faith’) Khiljie (‘name of tribe or family’), who reigned AD 1295 in quest of religious characters & on arrival at Dehlie became a disciple of Huzrut Sultan ool Mushayek Nizam Odeen Owleea (Page 40 [f. 43v]) under whom he practised so rigid a discipline as to induce his Master to nominate him to the succession of the Priesthood held by himself. He did not, however, survive to receive the honor having demised about AD 1325 two years previous to the death of the Saint. The Mausoleum and Mosque which are seen in the drawing were erected by his children. The same as at Page 3 [f.6] but in a different form of toghra [i.e. a vase shape]. [Styles and titles in Persian of Metcalfe as Agent of the G.G.] Copyright © The British Library Board

Lithographed at Munshi Nawal Kishore Press, Lucknow

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Parvaz Lamba

Thanks a lot! On it from tomorrow hopefully. :)

it does ot seem to be in urdu.it is in persian

Thanks for the info I just know now that sitar and table were invented by Amīr Khusraw.