Surveys the life and lyrics of the 14th century Persian- speaking Indian poet.
Sunil Sharma is Senior Lecturer in Persian at Boston University.
Acknowledgments
ix
Map
x
Introduction
1
(6)
In A City of Sultans, Sufis, and Poets: Amir Khusraw and Delhi
7
(30)
Muslim India in the Thirteenth Century
7
(6)
Early Life and Career
13
(14)
Keeping Company with Sufis
27
(5)
Last Years
32
(5)
Amir Khusraw And The World of Persian Literature
37
(32)
Persian Literature in India
37
(3)
Poetics of the Sacred and Profane Ghazal
40
(12)
Legend and History in Narrative Poetry
52
(13)
Prose Works
65
(4)
Amir Khusraw and Indian Cultural Traditions
69
(24)
Music and Qawwali
69
(5)
Hindavi Poetry
74
(10)
Describing India
84
(5)
The Poet in Our Time
89
(4)
Appendix I: Biographical account of Amir Khusraw from Amir Khurd's Siyar al-awliya
93
(6)
Appendix II: Tale of the Tatar princess Gulnari, narrated on Tuesday in the Red Pavilion, from Amir Khusraw's Hasht bihisht
99
(30)
Chronology
129
(2)
Glossary
131
(2)
Bibliography
133
(4)
Index
137
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