Amir Khusrau citations

Abu-l Hasan Yamīn al-Dīn Khusrow , connu aussi sous les noms d’Amir Khosrow de Dehli, Amir Khosrow Dehlevi, Amir Khusro Dehlavi ou Amir Khusraw Balkhi en Afghanistan et en Iran , est un mystique soufi et disciple spirituel de Nizamuddin Auliya de Delhi. C'est l'un des plus grands poètes de l’Inde, en langue persane, et il est également considéré comme le fondateur tant de la musique hindoustanie que du qawwalî . Il est l'auteur des Huit Jardins du paradis, en langue persane.

« La tradition musicale classique du Pakistan remonte au poète et musicien du XIIIe siècle Amir Khusrau, qui composa les tout premiers râgas. »

« L’invention du tablâ et du sitar indien est habituellement attribuée à Amir Khusrau. »

Amir Khusrau, Turc de l’Hindoustan ,, nait d’un père turc, Saif ad-Dīn Mahmoud, qui était l’un des chefs de la tribu Lachin des Qara Khitaï de Kush, en Transoxiane, et d’une mère Râjput , en Inde. Son grand-père porte le nom de Turk. Wikipedia  

✵ 1253 – 9. septembre 1325
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Amir Khusrau: Citations en anglais

“Had not the law [of Imam Hanifa] granted exemption from death by the payment of poll-tax, the very name of hind, root and branch, would have been extinguished.”

Ashiqa of Amir Khusru, translated in Elliot and Dowson, History of India as told by its own Historians, Volume III, pp. 545-46.
Contexte: “Happy Hindustan, the splendour of Religion. where the Law finds perfect honour and security. In learning Dehli can now compete with Bokhara, for IslAm has been made manifest by its kings. The whole country, by means of the sword of our holy warriors, has become like a forest denuded of its thorns by fire. The land has been saturated with the water of the sword, and the vapours of infidelity have been dispersed. The strong men of Hind have been trodden under foot, and all are ready to pay tribute. Islam is triumphant, idolatry is subdued. Had not the law [of Imam Hanifa] granted exemption from death by the payment of poll-tax, the very name of hind, root and branch, would have been extinguished. From Ghazni to the shore of the ocean you see all under the domination of Islam. Cawing crows see no arrows pointed at them; nor is the TarsA (Christian) there, who does not fear (taras) to render the servant equal with Allah; nor the Jew who dares to exalt the Pentateuch to a level with the Kuran; nor the Magh who is delighted with the worship of fire, but of whom the fire complains with its hundred tongues. The four sects of Musulmans are at amity and the very fish are Sunnis.”

“The Hindu happens to be a (wretched) slave in all respects.”

quoted in Lal, K. S. (1999). Theory and practice of Muslim state in India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Chapter 4
Nuh Siphir

“They have four books in that language (Sanskrit), which they are constantly in the habit of repeating. Their name is Bed (Vedas). They contain stories of their gods, but little advantage can be derived from their perusal.”

Extract trs. in Elliot and Dowson, III, p. 563. quoted from Lal, K. S. (1992). The legacy of Muslim rule in India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Chapter 5
Nuh Siphir

“The Turks, whenever they please, can seize, buy or sell any Hindu.”

Trs, in Elliot and Dowson, III. quoted from Lal, K. S. (1994). Muslim slave system in medieval India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Chapter 5
Nuh Siphir

““But see the mercy with which he regarded the brokenhearted, for, after seizing the rai, he set him free again. He destroyed the temples of the idolaters, and erected pulpits and arches for mosques.”67”

About Sultan Jalalu’d -Din Khalji (AD 1290-1296) in Devagiri (Maharashtra) Elliot and Dowson, History of India as told by its own historians, Vol. III, p. 542.ff
Miftahu'l-Futuh

“Amir Khusrau writes that under Jalauddin Khalji (1290-96), after a battle, “whatever live Hindu fell into the hands of the victorious king was pounded to bits under the feet of the elephants. The Musalman captives had their lives spared.””

Miftah-ul-Futuh (Aligarh text, 1954), p. 22. quoted from Lal, K. S. (1992). The legacy of Muslim rule in India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Chapter 4
Miftahu'l-Futuh

“They pursued die enemy to the gates and set everything on fire. They burnt down all those gardens and groves. That paradise of idol-worshippers became like hell. The fire-worshippers of Bud were in alarm and flocked round their idols…”

About Sultan Mubarak Shah Khalji (AD 1316-1320) in Warrangal (Andhra Pradesh) Elliot and Dowson, History of India as told by its own Historians,Vol. III, p. 559
Nuh Siphir

“Everyone threw himself, with his wife and children, upon the flames and departed to hell.”

Khazainu’l-Futuh
Source: quoted in (Oxford in India readings, Themes in Indian history.) Richard Maxwell Eaton - India's Islamic traditions, 711-1750-Oxford University Press (2003) 38.

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