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. 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..Ameer Khan wrote Gulshan-e-Masarrat which is also preserved in Rampur Raza library.

Personal life

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