Saaz-e-Khusro
A Photo Essay

The musical experiments Khusro did in the courts may have also come handy in the Sama gatherings at Nizamuddin Aulia’s khanequah (monastery) – a platform that provided the grooming of a musical tradition that later came to be known as Qawwal Bachche, and continued to flourish for over six centuries.

(Seen above is Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan who belongs to the Rampur-Seheswan Gharana, singing a classical composition ascribed to Amir Khusro. The Ustad lives in Mumbai. June 1996)

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