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Question
Mention any two languages that flourished during the Sultanate period.
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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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