The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.374

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Amīr Khusrav had a deep veneration for Sa‘dī, whom he entertained when he visited India, and the great poet of Persia repaid his admirer by recommending him very warmly to ‘Alā-ud-dīn. As Khusrav himself says in one of his verses, with a play upon words which cannot be preserved in translation:

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