In the Bazaar of Love: The Selected Poetry of Amir Khusrau

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Amir Khusrau—poet, courtier, mystic, musician—straddled the worlds of politics and religion and helped forge a distinctive synthesis of Muslim and Hindu cultures. His poetry in Persian appealed equally to the Delhi sultans and to his Sufi sheikh, Nizamuddin Auliya. It was appreciated not only in India, where his Hindavi poetry has survived through a lively oral tradition, but also across a cosmopolitan Persianate world that stretched from Turkey to Bengal.

Khusrau’s poetry has thrived for centuries and continues to be read and recited to this day. But despite his vast literary output, there is a dearth of translations of his work. In the Bazaar of Love offers new translations of Khusrau’s poems in Persian and Hindavi, many of which are being translated into English for the first time. Paul Losensky’s translations of Khusrau’s ghazals, including his mystical and romantic poems, comprise fresh renditions of old favourites while also bringing to light several little-known works. Sunil Sharma brings us many of Khusrau’s short poems, including those belonging to the qawwali repertoire, as well as a mixed prose-and-verse narration ‘The Romance of Duval Rani and Khizr Khan’.

The first comprehensive selection of Amir Khusrau’s poetry, In the Bazaar of Love covers a wide range of genres and forms, evoking the magic of one of the best-loved poets of the Indian subcontinent.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sunil Sharma

Sunil Sharma, a renowned teacher, is a masters degree holder in tourism and hospitality management. In his diverse professional career, he has been associated with a number of academic institutions and wellknown research organisations. Widely travelled all over the world, he has participated in a number of national and international conference. As a prolific writer he has published a large number of articles on tourism development, hospitality and hotel management isn professional journals of repute.

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In the Bazaar of Love: The Selected Poetry of Amir Khusrau
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1st ed.
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liii+164p., 21cm.
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