One the sweetest language in the world, the history and origin of Urdu
literature is vivid, colorful and harmoniously conjoined that has led to
the development of this language. The style of writing the Urdu language
has developed tremendously with the domination of Ghazals and nazms, the
most dominant forms of verses. The evolution of Urdu literature history
has been slow yet steady and today, it is still one of the preferred
languages for writing poetry and songs that express true meaning and
feelings. Read on further to know about Urdu literature origin.
The Urdu literature has a heavy domination of poetry. It is this
domination that has led to the expansion and development of writing
style in literature. In the contemporary world, Urdu is still popular in
India and Pakistan and other south Asian countries. The origin of Urdu
literature can be traced to the 14th century in India during the Mughal
rule. It was very much prevalent among the urbane Persians in the elite
Muslim classes. The origin of the Urdu literature struck a fine balance
between the new cultural amalgamation of a vocabulary of Sanskrit and
Persian words and firm retention of the best of Persia and Afghanistan.
One of the most influential people who initiated the growth and
development of Urdu literature is undoubtedly, the famous Amir Khusro.
He is credited with categorizing of north Indian classical music, which
is popularly known as Hindustani music. He frequently wrote in both
Persian and Hindi and often mixed the two ingeniously. His influence was
so vast that even a century after his death, the famous Quli Qutub Shah
took an immense liking to this language that was called Urdu.
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