Description
This book studies an important icon of medieval South Asian culture, Indian courtier, poet, musician and Sufi, Amir Khusraw (1253-1325), chiefly remembered for his poetry in Persian and Hindi, today an integral part of the performative qawwali tradition.
Pages160
Released2012
LanguageEnglish
PublisherOneworld Publications
ISBN9781780741918
SellerSimon & Schuster
About the author(s)
Sunil Sharma is Senior Lecturer in Persian at Boston University. Works include: Persian Poetry at the Indian Frontier. (Permanent Black, 2000).
