Amir Khusrau
Amīr Khusrau was born in 1253 in Patiyali, Kasganj district, in modern-day Uttar Pradesh, India, in what was then the Delhi Sultanate. He is regarded as the \”father of qawwali\”, and introduced the Ghazal style of song into India. His first divan, Tfatan Tuhan, containing poems composed between the ages of 16 and 18, was compiled in 1271 and published...