Twilight of the Sultanate c16.s2.7

c16.s2.7

The Khaljīs were great patrons of music.⁵⁵ Amīr Khusru, himself a renowned musician, gives interesting details about contemporary musicians and musical instruments in his *A‘ijāz-i-Khusravī*.⁵⁶ Though a puritan, Fīrōz Tughlaq got a number of books on music and dance, he had obtained from the Jwālā Mukhī temple, translated into Persian.⁵⁷ Even the terrible Tīmūr, who had learnt about the beauty of Hindustani music, listened to Indian artistes when he was in this country and profusely rewarded them.⁵⁸