author
Amir Khusraw Dihlavi
d. 1325
A celebrated poet, musician, and scholar of the Delhi Sultanate, he became one of the best-known voices in Persian writing in South Asia. His work is still remembered for its lyrical power, storytelling, and deep ties to the Sufi tradition.
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Bagh O Bahar, or Tales of the Four Darweshes
by Amir Khusraw Dihlavi
About the author
Born in 1253, Amir Khusraw Dihlavi—also widely spelled Amir Khusrau or Amir Khusrow—was an Indo-Persian poet, musician, and writer whose life was closely tied to the courts of Delhi. He is often described as one of the great Persian-language poets of medieval India, and his writing helped shape the literary culture of the subcontinent.
He served a succession of Delhi sultans and wrote across several forms, including poetry, historical works, and romantic masnavis. He is also strongly associated with Sufi culture through his devotion to Nizamuddin Auliya, and later tradition remembers him as an important figure in the history of qawwali and Hindavi literary expression.
Khusraw died in 1325. Centuries later, he remains a major cultural figure whose poems and songs continue to be read, performed, and loved across South Asia.