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Question
Mention any two languages that flourished during the Sultanate period.
Solution
Though Arabic was the religious language of the Muslims, Persian was adopted as the court language. Amir Khusrau was an outstanding poet in the Persian language and a great historian. He was popularly known as Tutii-i-Hind or the ‘Parrot of India’.
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