Hindi's Original Poet ‘Amir Khusro’: A Analytical Study

Abstract

Abul Hasan Yamin-ud-din Khusrau (1253–1325 AD), popularly known as Amir Khusrau, was a great poet, poet, singer, musician, scholar, Sufi saint and historian. Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi was his spiritual teacher, he is known as the father of Qawwali, he enriched it by combining Arabic and Persian music in Hindustani classical music, Sitar was also manufactured by him. First of all, he had mentioned Hindawi for his language. He was also a poet of Persian, he had got the shelter of Delhi Sultanate. Amir Khusrau is called Tota-e-Hind (Parrot of Hind). The list of his books is long. We can divide the main works of Khusro into six parts. :- 1. Five diwans 2. Five historical poems, (Masnavis) 3. Five Khams 4. Ghazals 5. Three prose compositions and 6. Hindi poems. Khusrau's three compositions are considered in Hindi - Khalik Bari, Halat-e-Kanhaiya and Najrane-e-Hindi, but only Khalikwari is available. Khusro has composed more poetry than prose. Amir Khusro has the distinction of being the first poet of Khadi Boli Hindi. In the words of late Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, "When we take up the history of Khari Boli, we definitely have to admit that the oldest written literature of this language is of Amir Khusro." He is considered to be the poet of the real spoken language and the creator of the form of modern Khadi Boli. According to Ram Kumar Verma- "Khusro is an era-changing poet of Hindi literature, who has done a great favor to Hindi literature."