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January 29, 2025 at 02:28 PM
Amir Khusrau:
✅ Innovated musical instruments like the tabla and sitar.
✅ Also known as the “parrot of India” or “tuti-i-hind”.
✅ Played a pivotal role in creating new ragas and qawwalis.
✅ He also compiled “Tughlaq Nama” and lauded Kashmir as a paradise on earth.
✅ Sufi practices, especially the musical Sama, were pivotal in music promotion. Pir Bhodan was a renowned musician of his era. Sarangi and Rabab were musical instruments invented during this period.
✅Raja Man Singh Tomar of Gwalior consolidated the Dhrupad style of classical music.
✅ Under the patronage of Firuz Tughlaq, Rag Darpan was translated into Persian.
✅ Dancing also became a significant courtly activity, with performers like Nusrat Khatun (Musician) and Mihr Afroz (Dancer) during Jalaluddin Khalji’s reign.
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