Sunil Sharma

Amir Khusraw

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oneworld Publications
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9781851683628
• ISBN-10: 1851683623
• Artikelnr.: 21416938

Autorenporträt

Sunil Sharma is Senior Lecturer in Persian at Boston University. Works include: Persian Poetry at the Indian Frontier (Permanent Black, 2000).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Map
 
1 INTRODUCTION
2 IN A CITY OF SULTANS, SUFIS, AND POETS: AMIR KHUSRAW AND DELHI
Muslim India in the Thirteenth Century
Early Life and Career
Keeping Company with Sufis
Last Years
 
3 AMIR KHUSRAW AND THE WORLD OF PERSIAN LITERATURE
Persian Literature in India
Poetics of the Sacred and Profane Ghazal
Legend and History in Narrative Poetry
Prose Works
 
4 AMIR KHUSRAW AND INDIAN CULTURAL TRADITIONS
Music and Qawwali
Hindavi Poetry
Describing India
The Poet in Our Time
 
APPENDIX I: Biographical account of Amir Khusraw from Amir Khurd's Siyar
al-awliya
APPENDIX II: Tale of the Tatar princess Gulnari, narrated on Tuesday in the
Red Pavilion, from Amir Khusraw's Hasht bihisht
 
Chronology
Glossary
Bibliography
Index