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Amir Khusrow

1253 - 1325

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Abu'l Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau (1253 – 1325 AD), better known as Amīr Khusrau, sometimes spelled as, Amir Khusrow or Amir Khusro, was an Indo-Persian Sufi singer, musician, poet and scholar, who lived during the period of the Delhi Sultanate. He is an iconic figure in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent. He was a mystic and a spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi, India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amir Khusrow has received more than 1,419,205 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Amir Khusrow is the 54th most popular musician (up from 71st in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from India (up from 46th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Musician.

Amir Khusrow is most famous for his poetry. He was a prolific writer and wrote in many different languages, but he is most famous for his Persian poetry.

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  • 63

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  • 5.04

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  • 4.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Amir Khusrow ranks 54 out of 3,175. Before him are B.B. King, Isaac Albéniz, Victor Borge, Pablo Casals, Bruce Springsteen, and Jimmy Page. After him are Roger Taylor, Vladimir Horowitz, Brian Jones, Benny Andersson, Baroness Mary Vetsera, and Cliff Burton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1253, Amir Khusrow ranks 1. After him are Stefan Milutin, Ivo of Kermartin, Stefan Dragutin, Theodora of Trebizond, Matilda of Habsburg, Bolko I the Strict, and Ulrich II, Count of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1325, Amir Khusrow ranks 2. Before him is Charles, Count of Valois. After him are Denis of Portugal, Yury of Moscow, Nizamuddin Auliya, Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, Ismail I of Granada, Chungseon of Goryeo, Stefan Vladislav II, and Eberhard I, Count of Württemberg.

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In India

Among people born in India, Amir Khusrow ranks 40 out of 1,861. Before him are Salman Khan (1965), Brahmagupta (598), Kabir (1440), Sathya Sai Baba (1926), Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895), and Rani of Jhansi (1828). After him are Sita (null), Alauddin Khalji (1266), Bhāskara II (1114), Tulsidas (1532), Amartya Sen (1933), and Ghalib (1797).

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Among MUSICIANS In India

Among musicians born in India, Amir Khusrow ranks 1. After him are Pete Best (1941), Cliff Richard (1940), Ravi Shankar (1920), Ram Narayan (1927), Tansen (1493), Bismillah Khan (1916), Ilaiyaraaja (1943), Barry Hay (1948), Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938), Christian Zacharias (1950), and Trilok Gurtu (1951).

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