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[[File:Shah Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq arrives in Tirhut. Depicted by eyewitness Muhammad Sadr Ala-i in his BasaUn al-uns, ca.1410. Istanbul, Topkapi Palace Museum Library, Ms. R.1032 (the Shah).jpg|thumb|Depiction of [[Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq]], founder of the Tughlaq dynasty, in the ''Basātin al-uns'' by [[Muhammad Sadr Ala-i|Ikhtisān-i Dabir]], a member of the Tughluq court and an ambassador to Iran. Ca.1410 [[Jalayirid Sultanate|Jalayirid]] copy of 1326 lost original.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=ÇAĞMAN |first1=FİLİZ |last2=TANINDI |first2=ZEREN |title=Selections from Jalayirid Books in the Libraries of Istanbul |journal=Muqarnas |date=2011 |volume=28 |pages=230, 258 Fig.56 |jstor=23350289 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/23350289.pdf |issn=0732-2992}}</ref>]]<br />
The '''literature of the Delhi Sultanate''' began with the rise of [[Persian language|Persian]]-speaking people to the throne of the [[Sultanate of Delhi]], naturally resulted in the spread of the Persian language in [[India]]. It was the official language and soon literary works in the language began to appear. Initially [[Persian literature]] talked about topics which were familiar to those from [[Persia]]. Gradually however as more Indians learnt the language, the literary works began to have a more Indian theme. [[Amir Khusrau]]<ref>Latif, Syed Abdul (1979) [1958]. An Outline of the Cultural History of India. Institute of Indo-Middle East Cultural Studies (reprinted by Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers). pp. 334.</ref><ref>E.G. Browne. ''Literary History of Persia''. (Four volumes, 2,256 pages, and twenty-five years in the writing). 1998. {{ISBN|0-7007-0406-X}}</ref><ref>Jan Rypka, ''History of Iranian Literature''. Reidel Publishing Company. ASIN B-000-6BXVT-K</ref> was a noted writer of the period, who was one of the first writers to write Persian literature about events concerning India. His inspiration came from events he saw around, his work soon grew to be appreciated and he became a court poet.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amīr Khosrow {{!}} Persian Poet, Sufi Mystic {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Amir-Khosrow |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Origin==<br />
[[Urdu]] developed during early 11th century Muslim invasions of [[Punjab]] from Central Asia, although the name "Urdu" did not exist at the time for the language.<ref>Bailey, T. Grahame. "[https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-royal-asiatic-society/article/abs/urdu-the-name-and-the-language/814D9AFC0EBB3ADBB71B4CCD26FAF2D5 Urdu: the Name and the Language]." Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 62.2 (1930): 391-400.</ref> Urdu literature originated some time around the 14th century in present-day [[North India]] among the sophisticated gentry of the courts. The continuing traditions of [[Islam]] and patronisations of foreign culture centuries earlier by Muslim rulers, usually of Turkic or Afghan descent, marked their influence on the Urdu language given that both cultural heritages were strongly present throughout Urdu territory. The Urdu language, with a vocabulary almost evenly split between [[Sanskrit]]-derived [[Prakrit]] and [[Arabic language|Arabo]]-[[Persian language|Persian]] words, was a reflection of this cultural amalgamation.<br />
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==Sanskrit==<br />
[[Sanskrit]] continued to remain an important language of the time, and despite the increasing influence of Persian, it was able to hold its ground. Many preferred Sanskrit poets as they were more established and experienced than those that worked in the new languages. A centre for Sanskrit learning opened at [[Mithila (India)|Mithila]] (north [[Bihar]]). It preserved the tradition of classical [[Sanskrit literature]] and kept it alive. Sanskrit was however beginning to lose its popularity as an intellectual language, and the [[Brahman]]s struggled to find patrons to keep it alive.{{cn|date=March 2015}}<br />
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==Regional languages==<br />
There was also a significant amount of work taking place in [[regional languages]]. Both Sanskrit and Persian were languages which the average person did not understand. Various regional languages flourished and soon literary work in these languages began to take place.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Ananga Ranga]], a 15th/16th-century sex manual<br />
* [[Jawami ul-Hikayat]], a 13th-century collection of anecdotes<br />
* [[Tabaqat-i Nasiri]], a 13th-century history of the world<br />
* [[Urdu literature]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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