Ameer Khan Khandara

Ameer Khan Beenkar was an illustrious veena player of the eighteenth century. He was also an outstanding dhrupad singer. He along with his uncle and father-in-law Bahadur Hussain Khan established the Rampur musical court during the period of Nawab Yusef Ali Khan and Nawab Kalb Ali Khan. Ameer Khan went to Haj pilgrimage with Nawab Kalb Ali Khan in the year 1872.[1][2] Ameer Khan was also a capable portrait artist. His self-portrait was published in Musaddas Tahniyat Jahsn-e-Benazeer written by Awadh poet and later Rampur courtier Meer Yar Ali Jaan Sahab. Musaddas is currently in Rampur Raza Library.[3].Ameer Khan wrote Gulshan-e-Masarrat which is also preserved in Rampur Raza library.[4]

Ameer Khan
امیر خان
BornAmeer Khan
Banda
DiedRampur State
OccupationMusician
author
painter
NationalityIndian
GenreHindustani Classical Music
Notable worksGulshan e Masarrat

Personal life

Ameer Khan was born in Banda to Omrao Khan. He was the father of celebrated vina player Wazir Khan.[5]

See also

References
  1. Tareekh e Rohila by Nafees Siddiqui
  2. https://books.google.co.in/books?id=ZbgHAQAAMAAJ&q=ameer+khan+beenkar+rampur&dq=ameer+khan+beenkar+rampur&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjH0K26gfbmAhXS7HMBHUSMAgAQ6AEITjAF
  3. http://razalibrary.gov.in/Publication.html
  4. Sangeet Natak. Sangeet Natak Akademi. 1973.
  5. Miner, Allyn (1 January 1997). Sitar and Sarod in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 138–. ISBN 978-81-208-1493-6.
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