Sufi Articles of Ali Nadeem Rezavi
The Idea of India in Amir Khusrau
It appears that by the thirteenth century, the concept of India as a distinct geographical entity, came into Indo-Persian literature along with an understanding of a composite culture, and, also with it, a sense of love of the country. The most prominent
aaj ik aur baras biit gayā us ke baġhair
jis ke hote hue hote the zamāne mere
