• In the medieval period, Persian was adopted as the court language. As Persian was the language of the court, much of the literature produced in this period was written in Persian. Amir Khusrau and Amir Hasan Dehelvi wrote superb poetry in Persian. Historians like Minhaj-us-Siraj and Zia Barani and Ibn Batuta who came to India during those days wrote accounts of the rulers, important political events and incidents in this language.

• Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan were patrons of literature. Under Shah Jahan, there was a well-known scholar named Abdul Hameed Lahori. He wrote Badshah Nama. However, the literary activities suffered during Aurangzeb’s time.