Amir Khusro or Amir Khusrow, was a Sufi musician, poet, and spiritual disciple of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya and is regarded as the "father of qawwali." He is one of the most iconic figures in the cultural history of South Asia and is famous for poetry in Persian and Hindavi languages. He is considered to be the father of many poetic forms and verses, including ghazal, masnavi, qata, rubai, do-baiti and tarkib-band. He was given the job of "Mushaf-dar" in Delhi Sultanate and in 1310 Khusrow became close to a Sufi saint of the Chishti Order, Nizamuddin Auliya. Khusrow died in October 1325, six months after the death of Nizamuddin Auliya. Khusrow's tomb is next to that of his spiritual master in the Nizamuddin Dargah in Delhi.
