Amir Khusro compositions - Amir Khusro Books in English
Among the other writers of Delhi Sultanate, Amir Khusro's name is most notable. While in the right sense he was not a historian. He was born in 1253 AD.
He was born in a family with a close relationship with the ruler of many generations.
He stayed in the royal service under
Kakubabad ,
Jalaluddin Khilji ,
Alauddin Khilji ,
Mubarakshah and
Gusuddin Tughluq .
Amir Khusro Sufis - especially close to
Nizamuddin Auliya , and through his poetry and music he made great contribution in the creation of
India's Sufi culture . Let's discuss about the books, books written by
Amir Khusro .
Amir Khusro's inclination
Writing
History was not the basic concern of
Amir Khusro . Therefore, if asked truth, they can not be evaluated as a historian. But in his poems, he has often taken
historical topics . All such works, compositions were composed between 1289-1325. Some of them were specifically told to compose some of them, while some others had written to please their royal guards. He was not a fair historian.
Amir Khusro books
Kiran-he-saaden
His first creation on historical topics - "
Kiran-i-Saaden " which he wrote in 1289 AD It describes the meeting of Bugra Khan
and his son
Kaikubad . In this interesting explanation has been given about the social life of
Delhi , its buildings, the royal court, the rich and the officers. Through this composition, he has also expressed his hatred towards the
Mongols .
Mifta-Ul-Futosh
He composed
Mifata-ul-Futto in 1291 A. In this composition, they have considered the military campaigns of
Jalaluddin Khilji , the rebellion of the owner and his repression, the climb of Sultan at
Ranthambore and the victory of other places.
Treasury-ul-futosh
In
Khajeen-ul-Futuh , also known as date-A-Alai, is a tactical description of the first 15 years of
Alauddin Khilji's reign. Although this composition is essentially literary, it still has its own importance because the present-day description of
Alauddin Khilji is found only in this book. In it, he wrote about
Alauddin Khilji's conquest of
Gujarat ,
Chittor ,
Malwa and
Warangal . In it we find the details of the owner of
Kafoor's Deccan expansions, and it is quite famous in terms of geographical and military details. There is a great illustration of
India , as well as the buildings and administrative reforms of
Alauddin have been described. But considering the reign of
Allauddin Khilji , his views have not been critical.
Ahsika
Another composition of
Amir Khusro is "
Ashika " with the love story of
Devilalani , the daughter of
Rajkaran of Gujarat and
Khokkirakh , son of
Alauddin . It has been discussed about
Alauddin's Gujarat and
Alva Vijay . In addition, he has also described the location of different areas. In it they also discuss their own captivity by the
Mongols .
Noah Schipher
Another book, which has a good depiction of
India and its people, is
Noah Sipihr . There is a very interesting account of
Happy Khilji . He has considered the victories of
Mubarakshah's buildings as well as topics such as climate, vegetables, fruits, languages, darshanam life. It has a very lively depiction of the then social situation.
Thuglnakama
Khusro's last
historical masnavi is Tuglaknama . It depicts the conquest of
Ghiasuddin Tughluq against
Khusrshah .
The whole story has been presented in religious colors. In it,
Gatsudin is a symbol of all elements and it has been shown to fight with the rich
Khusrushah of untrue elements .
A strong aspect of
Amir Khusro is that they have given many dates and the chronology given by them is far more reliable than Barney. His compositions put a lot of light on the contemporary social conditions, and it is an area on which the other historians of that time did not take special care.
