INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MEDIAVAL INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The first writer to use Urdu as the medium of poetic expression was
A
Amir Khusrau
B
Mirza Ghalib
C
Bahadur Shah Zafar
D
Faiz
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Complete answer: Amir Khusrau ( 1253-1325 CE.) used Urdu for the first time as the medium of poetic expression. He was a Persian musician, poet, and scholar associated with the ruler of Delhi sultanate. He was a mystic and a spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi.

Detailed explanation-2: -Amir Khusrau, was a Persian musician, poet, and scholar associated with the rulers of Delhi Sultanate. Besides being the first writer to use Urdu as a medium of poetic expression, He also wrote poetry primarily in Persian, Hindi, and Urdu.

Detailed explanation-3: -The earliest linguistic influences in the development of Urdu probably began with the Muslim conquest of Sindh in 711. The language started evolving from Farsi and Arabic contacts during the invasions of the Indian subcontinent by Persian and Turkic forces from the 11th century onward.

Detailed explanation-4: -Khusrau has been referred to be the “founder of Urdu literature, ‘’ the “voice of India, ‘’ or the “Parrot of India” (Tuti-e-Hind). Khusrau is credited as being the “founder of qawwali, ‘’ a Sufi devotional singing style that is still extensively practised in Pakistan and India. He also brought the ghazal song form to India.

Detailed explanation-5: -Muhammad Iqbal, the national poet of Pakistan, was also a prominent South Asian writer who wrote in both Persian and Urdu.

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