Question

The medieval Indian Muslim Poet, historian, and musician who called himself ‘a parrot of India’ was---.
A. Mulla Duad
B. Malik Muhammad Jayasi
C. Tansen
D. Amir Khusrau

Answer 1

Hint:- Amir Khusrao was born in 1253. He was known as the father of the Urdu language. He called himself a parrot of India in Hindi Totah-e-Hind. One of his famous work is Tughlaq Nama

Complete answer:
D . Amir Khusrau (1253-1325), the great poet, musician, and Sufi singer, was under the patronage of the Sultanate Dynasty. He was the disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya, a great Sufi saint based in Delhi.
He was well versed in several languages but he mostly used the Persian language and Hindavi (a mixture of Hindi and Urdu). Amir Khusrau is the correct answer. The Chandayana, a Sufi tale composed by Mulla Daud in the 14th century. He was the Sufi saint of the Qadiri order. Malik Muhammad Jayasi (1477– 1542) was a Sufi poet. He mostly wrote in the Awadhi language, and in Persian. His famous work is the epic poem Padmavat. Tansen was a famous musician at the court of Akbar, He was one of the Nine Gems.

Hence, option D is the correct answer.

Note: Amir khusro was the sound poet of his era, gave much information about the Tughluq period. Some of his works are Ashiq, Duval Rani - Khizr Khan, Nur Sipihr, Tuhfat us-Sighr, Wast ul-Hayat, Qiran us-Sa’dain, Miftah ul-Futuh, Ghurrat ul-Kamaal, Khaza'in ul-Futuh, Khamsa-e-Khusrau