Amir Khusru Dehlavi (1253–1325 AD) was a prolific poet, musician, and scholar who lived during the Delhi Sultanate period. He wrote in Persian and also composed poetry in Hindavi, which is considered a precursor to modern Hindi and Urdu. He played a significant role in the development of the language and its literary forms.
The first writer to use Urdu as the medium of poetic expression was
Asked in UPPCS Prelims 1999 · Topic: Delhi Sultanate: Literature (Emergence and Growth of Regional Vernacular Literature (e.g., Hindavi))
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