Deccani literature

Literature produced in Deccani Urdu

Deccani literature is the literature produced in the Deccani dialect of the Urdu language. The earliest forms of Deccani literature are in the form of Sufi and Bhakti texts with poetic genres. The timeline of Deccani literature is divided into two periods: medieval (1300-1800) and modern. Though Medieval Deccani literature consists of Mathnawi it also has various genres, including works of "Fakhruddin Nizami" Kadam Rao Padam Rao, Deccani Masnavi originated during the Bahmani Sultanate of the Deccan in the early 14th and 15th century; they are written in rhyming couplets in Deccani Urdu, the use of grammar and meter similar with Masnavi of Urdu language.

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