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Give a critical assessment of the contributions of Amir Khusrau and Barani to Indo-Persian literature.

  • UPSC 2009
  • Society, Culture and Economy in the 13th and 14th Centuries

The Delhi Sultanate's most enduring literary legacy is the Indo-Persian tradition — Persian-language writing reshaped, unlike its Iranian parent, by Indian themes, idiom, and concerns.

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  • Amir Khusrau: Architect of a New Persian Idiom
  • Range and Technical Mastery
  • The Sabaq-i-Hindi and the Hindavi Turn
  • Historical Masnavis: Literary Value, Historiographical Limits
  • Beyond Literature: Music
  • Ziauddin Barani: Historian and Political Theorist
  • …and 5 more sections, with a conclusion

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