Urdu language has been associated to sanskrit, rather than to persian or arabic, despite the similarity in the alphabet, by the modern experts of language history.
Some other renowned experts have gone far enough to say that urdu and hindi is essentially the same language written in two different alphabets.
The history of urdu language can be traced far back to the effects of persian on sanskrit. A modern form of the former developed throughout india, and was regarded as “hindustani”.
Hindustani was soon split into two, one inclined more towards persian because of its strong influence, while the other retained the sanskrit influence, and was called hindi.
The former was common in parts where persian rulers came with their soldiers, and was then called “rekhta”.
A relativly more persian form of rekhta was spoken by the troops of the mughal emprors, when they came into india. this was because of the diverse nationalities of the soldiers, including those who spoke arabic, persian turkish, and hindustani.
The name “urdu” is a turkish word, which means “troop” traced in persian as “camp court”.
As the mughals transfered the capital to Delhi, the bazaar where the soldiers camped and later made it into a cantonment,which became famous for this form of rekhta, was known as “urdu-e-mu’alla”, and because of this, the language was regarded to, by the same name.
Slowly, people forgot the word of mu’alla, and urdu remained.
currenlty urdu is the official literary language of pakistan, is written with a modified persioan alphabet, and( excluding hindi ) is spoken by approximately 200 million people around the world.
it would also be a pleasure to make a correction, to a post by Asif in another thread.
the first urdu poet with a “deewaan” was Muhammad Ali qutb shah ( the ruler of golkand ) which has been MISS-SPELT in a renowned book of history as Muhammaf Quli kutb shah.