The roots of Qawwali can be traced back to 8th century Persia, however, Qawwali in the form we know it today was essentially created by Amir Khusrau in the late 13th century.

* Ḳhāliq Bārī a versified glossary of Persian, Arabic, and Hindawi words and phrases attributed to Amir Khusrau, but most probably written in 1622 in Gwalior by Ẓiyā ud-Dīn Ḳhusrau

* Important Works of Amir Khusrau ( Complete )

* The Khaza ' inul Futuh ( Treasures of Victory ) of Hazarat Amir Khusrau of Delhi English Translation by Muhammad Habib ( AMU ).

* Poems of Amir Khusrau The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians: The Muhammadan Period, by Sir H. M. Elliot.

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Among the famous Sufis who trace their lineage to him are: Quṭbuddīn Bakhtiyār Kākī, Farīduddīn Mas ' ūd, Nizāmuddīn Auliyā ', Amir Khusrau, Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi, Muhammad Hussain-i Gisūdarāz Bandanawāz, Ashraf Jahāngīr Simnānī and Aṭā ' Hussain Fānī.

The most influential musician of the Delhi Sultanate period was Amir Khusrau ( 1253 – 1325 ), sometimes called the father of modern Hindustani classical music.

Amir Khusrau is sometimes credited with the origins of the khyal form, but the record of his compositions do not appear to support this.

Many argue that Amir Khusrau created the style in the late 16th century.

Standard Hindi was first developed by the Turkish speakers of Khari boli who migrated from Delhi to the Awadh region -- most notably Amir Khusrau, and mixed the roughness of the Khari boli with the relative softness of Awadhi to form a new language which they called " Hindvi.

* Sings Amir Khusrau

In 1893, Mortimer Durand was deputed to Kabul by the government of British India for this purpose of settling an exchange of territory required by the demarcation of the boundary between northeastern Afghanistan and the Russian possessions, and in order to discuss with Amir Abdur Rahman Khan other pending questions.

In January 2010, Brigadier Amir Sultan Tarar, a retired officer with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence ( ISI ) agency who previously trained Omar, said that he was ready to break with his al-Qaida allies in order to make peace in Afghanistan: " The moment he gets control the first target will be the al-Qaida people.

At the Qajar court, precedence for those not belonging to the dynasty was mainly structured in eight classes, each being granted an honorary rank title, the fourth of which was Khan, or in this context synonymously Amir, granted to commanders of armed forces, provincial tribal leaders ; in descending order, they thus ranked below Nawab ( for princes ), Shakhs-i-Awwal and Janab ( both for high officials ), but above ' Ali Jah Muqarrab, ' Ali Jah, ' Ali Sha ' an ( these three for lower military ranks and civil servants ) and finally ' Ali Qadir ( masters of guilds, etc.

With order reestablished in the provinces, Amir Kabir turned to a wide variety of administrative, cultural, and economic reforms that were the major achievement of his brief ministry.

In 1893, Sir Mortimer Durand was deputed to Kabul by the government of British India for the purpose of settling an exchange of territory required by the demarcation of the boundary between northeastern Afghanistan and the Russian possessions, and in order to discuss with the Amir Abdur Rahman Khan other pending questions.

The forces of the central government captured the Babi's fort in Zanjan after a long siege by the order of Grand Vizier ( Prime Minister of Iran ) Amir Kabir and killed or expelled the Bab's followers.

In the year 1893, during rule of Amir Abdur Rahman Khan, a Royal Commission for setting up of Boundary between Afghanistan and British Governed India was set up to negotiate terms with the British, for the agreeing to the Durand line, and the two parties camped at Parachinar, now part of FATA Pakistan, which is near Khost, Afghanistan.

In Morocco, where king Mohammed VI is also Amir al-Muminin ( Commander of the Faithful ), the authorities have tried to organize the field by creating a scholars ' council ( conseil des oulémas ) composed of Muslim scholars ( ulama ), which is the only one allowed to issue fatāwā.

* The Gur-e Amir Mausoleum is built in Samarkand by Timur after the death of his grandson Muhammad-Sultan, and eventually becomes the family mausoleum of the Timurid dynasty.

In the 14th century it became the capital of the empire of Timur ( Tamerlane ) and is the site of his mausoleum ( the Gur-e Amir ).

He had a hand in translating or editing a number of books in Urdu, Persian and Arabic, including a translation of Mir Amman's Urdu Bagh o Bahar, or Tales of the Four Darweshes, ( which is itself a translation from the Persian of Amir Khusro ), and of the Persian Adventures of Hatim Tai.

* Amir Hajj or ' Amer Hajj ' — from Iraq, these are soft with a thin skin and thick flesh, sometimes called " the visitor's date " because it is a delicacy served to guests.

The one where Chester sings and writes is Dead By Sunrise, but when I sing, and Amir and I are the primary writers, it becomes Julien-K and it's more electro and much darker ... Julien-K and Dead by Sunrise are basically a creative collective, we're sort of a Warhol-style factory in that sense ... Dead by Sunrise is Chester's Julien-K if that makes any sense "

He is a knight who, after unwittingly killing Charlot, the son of Emperor Charlemagne, is given a reprieve from death on condition that he fulfill a number of seemingly impossible tasks: he must travel to the court of the Amir in Babylon and return with a handful of the amir's hair and teeth, kill the Amir's mightiest knight, and three times kiss the Amir's daughter, Esclarmonde.

Junior is a computer chess program authored by the Israeli programmers Amir Ban and Shay Bushinsky.

Emir (, ( Feminine: Emira, ), meaning " commander ", " general ", or " prince "; also transliterated as Amir, Aamir or Ameer ) is a title of high office, used throughout the Muslim world.

While Emir is a common transliteration in English and other languages, the form Amir is found for numerous compounds ( e. g., admiral ) and names.

Amir, meaning " chieftain " or " commander ", is derived from the Arabic root, " command ".

* In addition to being an Arabic name, Amir is also a common Muslim male name for both Arab and non-Arab Muslims, taken from Arabic just as the Western name Rex (" king ") is borrowed from Latin while Amira is a common Muslim female name.

It is believed however that only the English version was actually signed by Amir Abdur Rahman Khan, a language which he could not read or understand.

Although the title was abolished in 1955 by the Government of Pakistan, the current head of the House of Bahawalpur ( Salah ud-Din Muhammad Khan ) is referred to as the Amir.

Among the famous personalities who hailed from Feni district are Famous saint Shah Syed Amir Uddin Pagla Miah / Baba ( RA ) who is regarded as founder of feni and sultanul awlia feni, Saint Mamu Fakir ( RA ), Begum Khaleda Zia ( former Prime Minister ), Sir A. F. Rahman ( the first Muslim Vice Chancellor of University, Dr. Mustafa Chowdhury ( former Public Service Commission Chairman ), Prof. Ahmed Shafee ( Vice-Chancellor of East West University ), Former Politician and Businessman Mowlana Abdul Wadud, Abdul Awal Mintu, Saber Hossen Chowdhury, Mosarraf Hossen, Economist Abu Ahammed, journalists

Following the Nasrallah and Hezbollah great victory, came what is known as the " Green Flood " ( Al-sayl al-akhdhar ), according to Iranian-born journalist Amir Taheri.

His back-to-back recording ( that is, one song on each side ) of '" The Gay Caballero "' and '" Abdul Abulbul Amir "' ( Decca W-4200 ) sold more than 4 million records.

Amir Khusrow is credited with fashioning the tabla as a split version of the traditional Indian drum, the pakhawaj.

After friendly correspondence with the caliph at Baghdad, whom he acknowledged as Amir al-Mu ' minin (" Commander of the Faithful "), Yusuf ibn Tashfin in 1097 assumed the title of Amir al Muslimin (" Commander of the Muslims ").

Although his father, Afzal Khan, who had none of these qualities, came to terms with the Amir Sher Ali, the son's behavior in the northern province soon excited the Amir's suspicion, and Abdur Rahman, when he was summoned to Kabul, fled across the Oxus into Bukhara.

In March 1880, a report reached India that Abdur Rahman was in northern Afghanistan ; and the governor-general, Lord Lytton, opened communications with him to the effect that the British government were prepared to withdraw their troops, and to recognize Abdur Rahman as Amir of Afghanistan, with the exception of Kandahar and some districts adjacent to it.

At the durbar on July 22, 1880, Abdur Rahman was officially recognized as Amir, granted assistance in arms and money, and promised, in case of unprovoked foreign aggression, such further aid as might be necessary to repel it, provided that he align his foreign policy with the British.

In 1885, at the moment when the Amir was in conference with the British viceroy, Lord Dufferin, in India, the news came of a skirmish between Russian and Afghan troops at Panjdeh, over a disputed point in the demarcation of the northwestern frontier of Afghanistan.

From the end of 1888, the Amir spent eighteen months in his northern provinces bordering upon the Oxus, where he was engaged in pacifying the country that had been disturbed by revolts, and in punishing with a heavy hand all who were known or suspected to have taken any part in rebellion.

However, during the meeting, with no high officers willing to assume the command of East Pakistan, Lieutenant-General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi volunteered for the command of the East Pakistan.

His grandfather Mohammad Yahya Khan ( father in law of Amir Yaqub Khan ) was in charge of the negotiations with the British leading to the Treaty of Gandamak.

* Science Friday, " The Riddle of the Compass " ( interview with Amir Aczel, first broadcast on NPR on May 31, 2002 ).

When the rally ended, Rabin walked down the city hall steps towards the open door of his car, at which point Amir fired three shots at Rabin with a semi-automatic pistol.

Mir Jahandar Shah of Badakhshan never asked forgiveness for hostilities to Amir Sher Ali Khan with Azam Khan and failed to wait on Governor of Balkh at Takhtapul.

Badakhshan's boundaries were decided by the Anglo-Russian agreement of 1873, which expressly acknowledged " Badakhshan with its dependent district Wakhan " as " fully belonging to the Amir of Kabul ", and limited it to the left or southern bank of the Amu Darya ( also called Oxus ).

The protest letter said that the spotlight on Tel Aviv was part of " the Israeli propaganda machine " because it was supported in part by funding from the Israeli government and had been described by the Israeli Consul General Amir Gissin as being part of a Brand Israel campaign intended to draw attention away from Israel's conflict with the Palestinians.

Roger styled George in Abbasid fashion as " Amir of Amirs ", i. e. " Commander of Commanders ", with the title becoming Latinized in the 13th century as " ammiratus ammiratorum ".

On the fourth day after the death of Umar, 11 November 644, 5 Muharram 24 Hijri, Uthman was elected as the third Caliph, with the title " Amir al-Mu ' minin ".

Bennington teamed up with original Orgy guitarists Ryan Shuck and Amir Derakh, who perform together as Julien-K, for a solo project.

He began his movement through peaceful discussions with attendees of various shrines and eventually gained popular support by convincing the local Amir, Uthman ibn Mu ' ammar, to help him in his struggle.