What is known now is but incidental to his writings on other subjects except for his brief but brilliant discourse on music that, being a primary source of authentic information is of great value in understanding Amir KhusrawвЂ™s ideas on music.

He had written three volumes on music and had these survived, we would have been surer of his specific contributions to the theory and practice of music. In spite of all this applause and recognition and the continued commemoration of his name through the centuries, Amir KhusrawвЂ™s real contribution in music is not, and cannot be, fully known for want of adequate authentic record. He is generally regarded as the herald of a new era in the history of the вЂClassical Hindustani MusicвЂ™ as it is known and understood to this day. His creative contribution was so great that both the written record as well as the oral tradition have continued to extol him to this day as a genius who stood head and shoulders above his contemporaries and whose like was not born during the course of the subsequent centuries. Nowhere was this synthesis more pronounced than in his accomplishments in music.ДЄmir KhusrawвЂ™s name is a legend in the history of Hindustani music. So much affirmation of his identity postulates that he was accomplished in the Turkish cultural tradition assimilated with the best from the local Hindustani environment. I am a parrot of Hind, and so if you want to appreciate meДЄsk for and listen from my sweet notes in Hindi. I am a Turk but a Hindustani Turk and, therefore He confirmed this in his two memorable verses that translate as: In contrast to his father who had come to Hindustan from the outside, Khusraw was born and bred on the soil of Hindustan and, therefore, he considered himself a Hindustani (of Hindustan) while also identifying himself as a Turk,- a вЂњHindustani TurkвЂќ. while his father was in service at PatiyГўlГ® (the Etah district, U.P., India). His father, Sayf al-Din Mahmud, was a distinguished soldier who, after his arrival in Delhi, became an army officer under Sultan Shams al-Din Iltutmish (1211-1236 C.E.). In the following pages, we will consider his contribution in the field of music.ДЄmir Khusraw was born to Turkish parents. Much is known and recorded about his accomplishments. He was a distinguished courtier, an eminent poet and chronicler and an accomplished musician. 1325) stands out as a great personality of his time. In the annals of the history of the South Asian Subcontinent, Amir Khusraw (d. Our thanks to them for giving their permission to us. We are publishing it by permission of ErdemвЂ™s editor Imran Baba. The copyright of the article belongs to Erdem. This article was first published by the Turkish review Erdem 25 (Ankara 1996), pp. 1325) was essentially an eminent musician and is regarded as a great savant in the history of world music and a genius of unequalled stature in the history of music in the Hindustan sub-continent.Д«arbad Playing Music to Khusraw in a miniature.

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