Sunil Sharma is Senior Lecturer in Persian at Boston University. Works include: Persian Poetry at the Indian Frontier (Permanent Black, 2000).

• AcknowledgmentsMap 1 INTRODUCTION2 IN A CITY OF SULTANS, SUFIS, AND POETS: AMIR KHUSRAW AND DELHIMuslim India in the Thirteenth CenturyEarly Life and CareerKeeping Company with SufisLast Years 3 AMIR KHUSRAW AND THE WORLD OF PERSIAN LITERATUREPersian Literature in IndiaPoetics of the Sacred and Profane GhazalLegend and History in Narrative PoetryProse Works 4 AMIR KHUSRAW AND INDIAN CULTURAL TRADITIONSMusic and QawwaliHindavi PoetryDescribing IndiaThe Poet in Our Time APPENDIX I: Biographical account of Amir Khusraw from Amir Khurd’s Siyar al-awliyaAPPENDIX II: Tale of the Tatar princess Gulnari, narrated on Tuesday in the Red Pavilion, from Amir Khusraw’s Hasht bihisht ChronologyGlossaryBibliographyIndex