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Who among the following was known as the "Parrot of India"?

Amir Khusrau, the Persian poet of the Delhi Sultanate and disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya, was called Tuti-i-Hind, the Parrot of India, for the sweetness of his verse.…

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Who among the following was known as the "Parrot of India"?

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Amir Khusrau, the Persian poet of the Delhi Sultanate and disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya, was called Tuti-i-Hind, the Parrot of India, for the sweetness of his verse. Ziauddin Barani and Badauni were historians, not poets known by this title.

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