Question

Which of the following is not the work of Amir Khusrau ?
1. Ijaz-i Khusravi
2. Ghunyat al Munyah
3. Nuh-Sipihr
4. Qiran-us Sadain

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Ghunyat al Munyah

Ghunyat al Munyah

• The Ghunyat al-Munyah is a treatise on Indian music composed in Gujarat in 776/1374-75.
• The name of the author is not known.
• It was written at the request of the governor of Gujarat Malik Sams al-Din Ibrahim Ḥasan Abu Raja.
• It is divided into two parts (qism).
• The first is on the song (surud) and musical instruments (mazamir), and the second is on dance (raqs) and on the rules to be followed during the musical assembly (sara’iṭ-i adab-i majlis).

Ijaz-i Khusravi​

• Ijaz-e-Khusravi (The Miracles of Khusrau) composed by Amr Khusrau is a collection of prose.
• This volume was composed in the era of Qutubuddin Mubarak Shah by title “Ijaz-e Khusravi” comprising of five books.
• The word ‘khayal’ literally means ‘thought’ or ‘imagination’.
• Ejaz-e-Khusravi contains several references to this term.

Nuh-Sipihr

• Amir Khusrau composed a masnavi on Mubarak Shah as “Nuh Sipihr” (Nine Skies), telling the occasions of Mubarak Shah’s rule.
• He categorized his poesy in nine sections, for each part is deliberated as a sky.
• In the third section, he composed an intense explanation of India and its surroundings, seasons, vegetation and wildlife, philosophies, ethos, traditions, researchers, etc.

Qiran-us Sadain

• Composed by Amir Khusrau.
•  Qiran-us-Sa’dain (Meeting of the Two Auspicious Stars) is regarding the remarkable gathering of Bughra Khan and his son Kikabad after extensive hatred (1289).