Amir Khusro was disciple of which sufi saint ?

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Amir Khusrau:

He was an Indo-Persian Sufi mystic.
He was the disciple of Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya .
He lived under different rulers of Delhi Sultanate.
‘Khaliq-e-bari’ was his magnum opus work. This work is known as the oldest printed dictionary in the world.
He was also known as ‘father of qawwali’.
‘Tuti-i Hind’ or "Parrot of India" was his unofficial title.

Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya is also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin, and Mahbub-e-Ilahi was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, Sufi saint of the Chishti Order, and is one of the most famous Sufis from the Indian Subcontinent.
His predecessors were Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki, and Moinuddin Chishti, who were the masters of the Chishti spiritual chain or silsila in the Indian subcontinent.
Nizamuddin Auliya, like his predecessors, stressed love as a means of realising God.
For him, his love of God implied a love of humanity.
His vision of the world was marked by a highly evolved sense of religious pluralism and kindness.

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Sufi Saints	About them
Moinuddin Chishti	Known by his epithet ‘Gharib Nawaz’. His shrine is located in Ajmer. He started living and preaching in the Ajmer region throughout his life.
Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya	Known as Hazrat Nizamuddin or Beloved of God. He was contemporary of Ghiasuddin Tughlaq. ‘Fawaid ul Fuad’ was written by him.
Sufi Hamiduddin Nagori	Disciple of Moinuddin Chishti. Born in Delhi but spent the rest of his life in Nagaur, Rajasthan.
Sheikh Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar	He was the disciple and the successor of Moinuddin Chishti. His famous disciple and successor was Fariduddin Ganjshakar.