Amir Khusrau was known as:

Amir Khusrau (1253-1325), the famous poet, musician and scholar of the Delhi Sultanate, was called "Tuti-e-Hind" ("Parrot of India") because of the sweetness and fluency of his poetry.

About Amir Khusrau:

He was born in 1253 at Patiali, in present-day Kasganj district, Uttar Pradesh. His father was a Turkish officer and his mother was Indian.

He served as a court poet under several Sultans of Delhi, including Balban, Jalaluddin Khalji, Alauddin Khalji and Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq.

He was the favourite disciple of the Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya of the Chishti order. When the saint died in 1325, Khusrau died a few months later and was buried near him at the Nizamuddin Dargah in Delhi.

His contributions:

• He wrote in Persian and in "Hindavi", an early form of Hindi-Urdu, and is regarded as one of the first poets of Hindavi.
• He is credited with developing "qawwali" and is called the "Father of Qawwali".
• He is traditionally credited with inventing or developing the sitar and the tabla, though historians doubt this.
• He is said to have introduced new ragas and the musical forms "tarana" and "khayal".
• He wrote riddles ("paheliyan") and "kah-mukarni" in Hindavi.
• His historical works include "Khazain-ul-Futuh" (on Alauddin Khalji's conquests), "Miftah-ul-Futuh" (on Jalaluddin Khalji), "Qiran-us-Sadain", "Nuh Sipihr" (praising India) and "Tughlaq Nama".
• He also wrote "Ashiqa" (the love story of Deval Rani and Khizr Khan).

Titles of other figures:

• Lisan-ul-Ghaib: Hafiz, the Persian poet.
• Mehboob-e-Ilahi: Nizamuddin Auliya.
• Zinda Pir: a title used for Aurangzeb.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Lisan-ul-Ghaib was the title of the Persian poet Hafiz.
• ✗Mehboob-e-Ilahi was the title of Nizamuddin Auliya.
• ✗Zinda Pir was a title of Aurangzeb.