Amir Khusrow

“Khusrau “was one of the first to offer his congratulations to the murderer whose hands were still red with the blood of his king, his uncle and his benefactor… The poet changed with changing time and turned with shifting wind.””

“[Then in a single campaign Ranthambhor was conquered and] ‘ by the decree of God the land of infidelity became the land of Islam’. [In Amir Khusrau’s words,] ‘ When the sky-rubbing canopy of the Shadow of God cast its shade over the hill of Ranthambhor, the conqueror of the world, like the sun, stood over the unfortunate in his heat, and cast the days of their lives into decline.’”

“Praise be to God!, that he (the sultan) so ordered the massacre of all the chiefs of Hindustan out of the pale of Islam, by his infidel-smiting sword, that if in this time it should by chance happen that a schismatic should claim his right, the pure Sunnis would swear in the name of this Khalifa of God, that heterodoxy has no right.”

“If a Khurasani, Greek or Arab comes here,he will not face any problems,for the people will treat him kindly, as their own,making him feel happy and at ease.And if they jest with him,they do so with blooming smiles.”

“People shed so many tears in all directionsthat five other rivers have appeared in Multan.I wanted to speak of the fire in my heartbut a hundred fiery tongues flared up in my mouth.”

“My home was the Dome of Islam.It was the qibla for kings of the seven climes.Delhi is the twin of pure paradise,a prototype of the heavenly throne on an earthly scroll.”