Tariq Saeedi Roots in the Steppes Amir Khusro (1253–1325) was born in Patiyali, in what is now Uttar Pradesh, India, but his soul belonged to a much wider world. His father, Amir Saifuddin Mahmud, was a chieftain of the Lachin tribe — a Turkic clan that fled the Mongol onslaught under Genghis Khan and found refuge in the Delhi Sultanate. This single act of migration … [Read more...]