The painting Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya and Amir Khusrau belongs to the Deccani school. Consider the following statements about it.
(A) It is a provincial painting from Hyderabad, Deccan.
(B) It depicts Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, a revered Sufi saint of the thirteenth century.
(C) It shows the saint listening to music played by his disciple, Hazrat Amir Khusrau.
(D) Amir Khusrau, seen in it, was a renowned painter of a Deccani court.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Three
(A) It is a provincial painting from Hyderabad, Deccan. — Correct. It is a provincial work from Hyderabad, now in the National Museum, New Delhi.
(B) It depicts Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, a revered Sufi saint of the thirteenth century. — Correct. The saint at its centre is the revered Sufi of the thirteenth century.
(C) It shows the saint listening to music played by his disciple, Hazrat Amir Khusrau. — Correct. The saint listens while his disciple plays.
(D) Amir Khusrau, seen in it, was a renowned painter of a Deccani court. — Incorrect. Amir Khusrau was a renowned Indian poet and scholar, not a painter.
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NCERT (2026-27): “Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya and Amir Khusrau This provincial painting in the collection of National Museum, New Delhi, is from Hyderabad, Deccan. It depicts Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, the revered Sufi saint of the thirteenth century, listening to music being played by his disciple, Hazrat Amir Khusrau, a renowned Indian poet and scholar. Even to this day, the dargah of Hazrat Nizamudin Auliya in New Delhi has qawwali by Khusrau in praise of his pir.…”
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