Urdu speaking Pathan

[muqawwee123]

Re: Urdu speaking Pathan

@mahool

If they learn local languages instead of Persian they might win the hearts of local population. But the fact of speaking Persian is wonderful. Why did they feel to learn Persian instead of Sanskrit or Hindi?

I think there are two reasons why Mughals adapted Persian in India

(1) before Mughals, during Sultant period, Persian was official language of court in India.
(2) Mughals had close ties with Iran and its rulers, where Persian was dominant language.

They did learned local languages, but like today English is considered language of elites, same was the situation with Persian in sub-continent till British Raj started.