Nicknamed as "the Parrot of Hindustan" (Tuti-e Hind), Amir Khusraw Dehlevi (: 'of Delhi) is the greatest poet of Islamic Hindustan. Abu'l Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau (as is his full name) was a very typical Hindustani of the 13th-14th c., being the son of a Turanian soldier and an Hindustani mother.

1. Best Wishesfor a Happy Eid ul Fitr with
Amir KhusrawDehlevi, and his
EschatologicalTale of the Four Dervishes
Наилучшие пожелания счастливого Ид аль Фитр!
Rajo wanaagsan! Ciidul Fidriga Wanaagsan!
最良好的祝愿！ 開齋節快樂！
Ораза айт құтты болсын тілектер!
! ‫مبارک‬ ‫فطر‬ ‫سعید‬ ‫عید‬ ! ‫آرزوهای‬ ‫بهترین‬
Mutlu bir Kurban Bayramı için en iyi dileklerimle!
Иң изге теләкләр белән! Бәхетле Ураза бәйрәме телим!
Die besten Wünsche für ein frohes Eid al Fitr!
! ‫السعید‬ ‫الفطر‬ ‫عید‬
Oraza baýramyňyz gutly bolsun! Iň gowy arzuwlar!
Ən xoş arzular! Fitr bayramınız mübarәk!
! ‫ہو‬ ‫مبارک‬ ‫الفطر‬ ‫عید‬ ! ‫خواہشات‬ ‫نیک‬
Орзуҳои беҳтарин! Иди саиди Фитр муборак!
I migliori auguri per un Felice Eid al Fitr!
Мыкты каалоо! Орозо айт кут болсун!
Best wishes for a Happy Eid al Fitr!
Nicknamed as "the Parrot of Hindustan" (Tuti-e Hind), Amir Khusraw Dehlevi (: 'of
Delhi) is the greatest poet of Islamic Hindustan. Abu'l Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau
(as is his full name) was a very typical Hindustani of the 13th-14th c.,being the son
of a Turanian soldier and an Hindustani mother.
Well-versed in Farsi (the language of literature and culture), Turanian (the language
of the army), Arabic (the language of the science), and Hindustani (the indigenous
populations' native language, i.e. an amalgamation of Turanian,Farsi and Prakrit,
which is also called Urdu & Hindi nowadays), Amir Khusraw (1253-1325) was a
great mystic, a leading scholar, a fascinating poet, and the inventor of the Qawwali
mystical singing tradition, of the Tarana Classical Hindustani vocal music, and of the
sitar musical instrument.
Amir Khusraw, who is not to be confused with Nasir Khusraw (1004-1074), an earlier
Iranian Isma'ili mystic, scholar, poet and renowned traveler, was the disciple and
friend of the illustrious spiritual master Nizamuddin Auliya (‫اولیاء‬ ‫الدین‬ ‫;نظام‬ 1238-
1325). He therefore belonged to the Chishti (‫)چشتی‬ Tariqa (Order),the oldest of the
four great Islamic schools of Spirituality that prevailed in Asia east of Tigris River
(Iran, Central Asia, Hindustan andSouth Asia),namely the Chishti, the Qadiri, the
Suhrawardi, and the Naqshbandi orders.
Although he mainly wrote in Farsi, Amir Khusraw is considered as the real father of
Hindustani (or Hindavi or Urdu); so important his literary compositions were and so
deeply they marked the development of that language. Along with Ferdowsi (940-
1025) and Nizami Ganjavi (1141-1209), Amir Khusraw constitutes the most illustrious

2. triad of transcendental Islamic epic poetry which goes beyond the limits of Time, and
thanks to mystical symbolism, blends Cosmogony, Cosmology and Eschatology into
an eternal, paradisiacal present.
Amir Khusraw's quintets (Khamsa) take Nezami Ganjavi's Khamsa to the next stage
of human Soteriology; he therefore dedicated 4000 verses to Khusraw-e Shirin, an
apocalyptic insight into the relationship between the Savior and the Faithful, before
re-elaborating the same subject in reverse mode: Layla wa Majnun. Pathetic colonial
scholarship persistently interpreted the topic as a love story, but this consists in a
perverse distortion.
Furthermore, Amir Khusraw expands on the mystical deeds of Iskander dhu'l
Qarnayn (Alexander),before coming up with his majestic opus Hasht Behesht (the
Eight Paradises), which constitutes his 'response' to Nizami Ganjavi's Haft Peykar
(the Seven Beauties). The eschatological symbolism around Bahram Gur, i.e. the
Iranian symbol of the Messiah (or Mahdi) par excellence, involves two dimensions in
Amir Khusraw's version of narration: material (the seven major nations of the End
Times, symbolized as princesses, each in a separate pavilion that corresponds to one
of the seven days of the week) and spiritual (the primordial meeting of Bahram Gur
with Dilaram, the beautiful slave girl, who makes animals sleep or awaken with the
sound of her music).
The Tale of the Four Dervishes (‫درویش‬ ‫چهار‬ ‫;قصه‬ Qisah-ye Chahar Darvesh) is one of
Amir Khusraw's least studied and understood masterpieces. This 'dastan' (‫)داستان‬
concerns the Quest of Immortality and the spiritual explorations of the Mahdi or
Messiah at the End Times. The revelatory narrative is highly symbolic and revolves
around the Savior and King, who is herewith named Azad Bakht (the names mean
"free and lucky"). After listening to the instructive stories of four dervishes, the
depressed (because of the fall of the Mankind) King Azad Bakht comes to know that
one of his wives brought a son to life, and then he finds the courage to generate well
balanced and harmonious couples among the surviving men and women, who thus
achieve immortality in concord and peace. Quite interestingly, Amir Khusraw's
poetical prophecy and eschatological revelation informs us that the prince of China
will be the luckiest of all at the End.
About:
https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/amir-kosrow-poet
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Амир_Хосров_Дехлеви
https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/‫امیرخسرو_دهلوی‬
https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/‫امیر_خسرو‬
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Chusrau
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Khusrau
https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Khusrau
https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/‫أمیر_خسرو‬
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Khusrau
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddles_of_Amir_Khusrow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layla_and_Majnun
https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/hast-behest-2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasht-Bihisht_(poem)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qawwali
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarana

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitar
https://www.freepressjournal.in/mind-matters/the-mystic-poet
https://www.myasa.net/sufindia/amir-ul-
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Four_Dervishes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dastan
https://persian.packhum.org/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D80201013%26ct%3D18
https://persian.packhum.org/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D80201013%26ct%3D140
In attachment:
- English translation (by Duncan Forbes; 1874) of the Urdu translation (by Mir
Amman; 1804) of Amir Khusraw's Tale of the Four Dervishes
About Mir Amman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Amman
About Duncan Forbes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Forbes_(linguist)
- Samples of Qawwali music (MP4)
Jaanay Iss Dil (Official Music Video) | Hadiqa Kiani | Sufiscore | New Qawwali
Song 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Gq5Gtd9V4
Qawwali Teri Rehmato Ka Dariya (TOP QAWWALI || TERI REHMATO KA
DARIYA SARE AAM CHAL RAHA HAI)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgNrSxWBjyY
Tuna apna bana kar nazarphar li|Susiana kalam Qawwali|sufi song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TcUg9TbINA
O Diwani O Mastani | Qawwali by Taslim, Aarif Khan, Teena Praveen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8htfpSjR2n0&t=480s
- Pictures of major Islamic monuments of Hindustan ('Pakistan', 'India',
'Bangladesh') with details in the legends (jpeg)

4. Taj Mahal Agra
Aali Masjid Srinagar, Kashmir
Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra mosque, Ajmer 1229

5. Adina Mosque hypostyle hall
Akbar's Tomb Agra
Badshahi mosque Lahore 1674

6. Bahminid tombs at Ashtur, Bidar
Bara Imambara, Lucknow
Bhadra Fort, Ahmedabad

7. Bibi Ka Maqbara Aurangabad
Buland Darwaza gateway to Fatehpur Sikri 1601

8. Chaqchan Mosque Khaplu, Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan
Charminar Hyderabad, 1591

9. Choto Sona Mosque 1500
Choto Sona Mosque, 15th-16th c

10. Dada Harir Stepwell, Ahmedabad
Dakhil Doorway Gauda, 16th c

11. Darasbari Mosque, 15th c
Darwaza-i-Rauza, Great Gate Taj Mahal

12. Double tomb of Taj ud-Din Firuz Shah, Gulbarga 1422
Eklakhi Mausoleum, 15th c

13. Firoz Minar Gauda, 1480

14. Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur Sultanate-Deccan, the world's largest dome afterAyasofya
Humayun's Tomb, Mughal Delhi 1570
Hyderabad Mecca Mosque

15. Jali at the Sidi Sayyid Mosque
Jama Masjid Delhi

16. Jama Masjid Delhi
Jama Mosque, Ahmedabad
Jama Mosque, Champaner

17. Jami Mosque, Khambhat

18. Jamia Masjid Srinagar, Kashmir
Kevada Mosque, Champaner

19. Khanqah-e-Moula Srinagar, Kashmir
Khania Dighi Mosque, Gauda, 15th c

20. King's Gate at Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra
Lahore Fort

21. Lahori Gate of the Red Fort, Delhi
Mahmud Gawan Madrasa 1460-1470

22. Malik Deenar, Kerala
Masjid Zeenath Baksh 3rd oldest in India

23. Mausoleum of Iltutmish, Delhi 1236
Pathrail Mosque, 15th c
Qutb Minar, Alai Darwaza gatehouse, Delhi 1311

24. Rumi Gate

26. Rumi Darwaza (Gate), Lucknow (1784) - during flooding
Sarkhej Roza, Ahmedabad
Shalimar Garden Lahore

27. Shat Gombuj (Sixty Dome) Mosque Bagerhat, Bangladesh
Sidi Bashir Mosque, Ahmedabad

28. Teen Darwaza (Three-Gate) Ahmedabad
Tipu Sultan Shahi Mosque, Kolkata
Tomb of Ferozshah II, Delhi

29. Tomb of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, Delhi 1325
Tomb of Nithar Begum, Khusro Bagh, Allahabad
Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam Multan 1324

30. Tomb of Sikander Lodi, Delhi
Tomb of Zain-ul-Abedin's mother Srinagar,Kashmir

31. Tombs of Ustad-Shagird, Nakodar