Urdu
الأردية
The literary language of South Asian Muslims; born in the sultans' camps, it carries Iqbal, Ghalib and Pakistan's vast religious corpus.
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The literary language of the Muslims of South Asia; it arose in the camps of the sultans, and has the poetry of Iqbal and Ghalib and a vast Pakistani religious heritage. 1
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islam.museum contributors. “Urdu”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/language/urdu/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.