Intellectual contribution of Amir Khusro

The present Article is an attempt to highlight the Intellectual contribution of Amir Khusro towards literature. Amir Khusro was a famous Indo-Persian poet and a scholor of repute during the Sultanate period. He made his debut as a courtier and poet during the reign of Sultan Balban. In the reign of sultan Jalaluddin and Alauddin Khalji, he was recognized as the poet laureate (Kavi Samrat). We may find that during this period the intellectual contribution of Amir Khusro towards literature was highly pronounced. According to contemporary historian Ziya Barani, "Amir Khusro contribution towards prose and poetry was so immense that a whole library could be devoted to his writings." Among Khusro's literary complications were five Diwans and the important prose works written by Khusro were Khazian-ul-Futuh and Afzal-ul-Fawad. Besides this, Khusor's historical writings (Masnavis) include Qiranu-Sadin, Miftah-ul-Futuh, Diwal Rani Khizrkhan, Nuh-sipahar and Tugluq Nama.