: Meet the mystic poets from subcontinental history: How Rahim combined war with poetry #IndiaNEWS At the time that the poet and mystic Kabir was born and raised, major political changes were taking

Meet the mystic poets from subcontinental history: How Rahim combined war with poetry #IndiaNEWS
At the time that the poet and mystic Kabir was born and raised, major political changes were taking in India. Timur (popularly known as Timur-the-lame) invaded the land and, through a series of violent attacks, decimated Delhi and the Slave Dynasty, which had ruled there for two centuries. After destroying Delhi, he returned to central Asia to continue his bloody conquests there. For the next century or so, several smaller kingdoms ruled various parts of India, many of them having originated from the erstwhile governors of the Slave Dynasty. Bairam Khan’s mother came from the family of Khwaja Ubaiduallah, who was the patron saint of Timurid rulers. His family was held in high esteem in Babur’s court. Bairam Beg joined the services of Babur’s son Humayun. Being highly intelligent and a man of culture, he became a close associate of the emperor and played a vital role in the formation of the early Mughal empire in India. As a reward for one of his conquests, he was awarded the title of Khan-i-Khanan, a title that his son Abdul Rahim was also to be given many years later by Humayun’s son Akbar.Bairam Beg was a poet himself and composed verses in Persian and...Read more

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