Dakhni Urdu masnavis

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Dakhni Urdu masnavis are early long narrative poems composed in the Deccani variety of Urdu, notable for blending Persianate literary traditions with local South Indian cultural and linguistic elements.

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instanceOf genre of Urdu literature
literary work form
masnavi
narrative poem
associatedWith Deccan sultanates
surface form: Bahmani successor states

Bijapur court culture
Deccan sultanates
Nizam’s court
surface form: Golconda court culture
developmentPhaseOf Dakhni literary tradition
early Urdu literature
differsFrom later standard Urdu masnavis
function courtly entertainment
didactic instruction
religious and ethical teaching
storytelling
influencedBy Dakani vernacular speech
Deccan regional languages
Indo-Persian literary culture
Persian masnavi tradition
local South Indian cultural elements
language Dakhni Urdu ghazals
surface form: Dakhni Urdu

Deccani
literaryCulture Sufi circles of the Deccan
literaryForm long narrative poetry
metricalForm rhyming couplets
patronage Deccan rulers
nobility of the Deccan courts
region Deccan Plateau
surface form: Deccan

South India
relatedTo North Indian Urdu masnavis
rhymeScheme aa bb cc
roleInLiteraryHistory bridge between Persian and vernacular narrative traditions
earliest extended narrative use of Urdu
script Perso-Arabic script
scriptVariant Nastaʿlīq
theme Sufi mysticism
courtly life
heroic adventure
love and separation
moral allegory
romance
timePeriod 16th century
17th century
late 15th century
tradition Persianate literary tradition
uses Arabic vocabulary
Indic vocabulary
Persian vocabulary
local South Indian loanwords

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Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah notableWork Dakhni Urdu masnavis