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Identify the different categories of Persian Literature which emerged during the Delhi Sultanate, (in about 150 words)

  • UPSC 2021
  • Society, Culture and Economy in the 13th and 14th Centuries

Persian arrived as the Sultanate's court and administrative language, and its literary output falls broadly into five categories.

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  • Courtly Poetry
  • Historical Chronicles (Tarikh)
  • Political Theory
  • Sufi Literature
  • Translations from Sanskrit

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