Consider the following statements: 1. Kitab-i-Nauras, a collection of songs in praise of Hindu deities and Muslim saints, was written by Ibrahim Adil Shah II 2. Amir Khusrau was the originator in India of the early form of the musical style known as Qawali. Which of these statements is/are correct?

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Consider the following statements: ​1. ​Kitab-i-Nauras, a collection of songs in praise of Hindu deities and Muslim saints, was written by Ibrahim Adil Shah II 2. Amir Khusrau was the originator in India of the early form of the musical style known as Qawali. Which of these statements is/are correct?

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Correct answer: ​Both 1 and 2. Statement 1 is correct: Kitab-I-Nauras (The Book of 9 Rasas), a collection of songs praising both Hindu deities and Muslim saints, was composed by Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Adil Shahi dynasty in the 16th century. The fifty-nine songs and seventeen couplets of the book are written in Dakhni Urdu. It also indicates the ragas in which they were to be sung. He was a dhrupad singer and the player of an instrument called tambour. Statement 2 is correct: Amir Khusrau, a renowned Sufi poet, musician, and scholar, is credited with the foundation of Qawwali music in India. Qawali is a devotional form of Islamic music deeply embedded in the mystical traditions of Sufism, and Amir Khusrau is often regarded as its spiritual and musical architect in the Indian subcontinent. 99

Consider the following statements: 1. Kitab-i-Nauras, a collection of songs in praise of Hindu deities and Muslim saints, was written by Ibrahim Adil Shah II2. Amir Khusrau was the originator in India of the early form of the musical style known as Qawali. Which of these statements is/are correct?

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