Literature and Languages during Delhi Sultanate

With the establishment of the Delhi sultanate a new language and literary style was introduced into the sub continent.
Persian became the official language of Delhi sultanate.
The development of Persian literature in the sub continent entered a new era in the writings of Amir Khusrau.
The court chronicles were an important feature of the literature during the period of the Delhi Sultanate
Ziauddin Barani made the most important contribution to Persian literature during this period. The Tarikh-I Firozshahi and the Fatwa-I Jahandari are his important works.
Ziauddin Barani was bitter critic of Muhammad bin Tughlaq.
Minhaj-us-Siraj wrote Tabaqat-iNasari, a general history of Muslim dynasties
up to 1260.
Abu backer’s Chachanamh is the first geographical treatise deals with conquest of sindh
During this period there were many works that were translated into Persian. The Tuti Nama (book of the parrot) by Zia Nakshabi was the first Persian translation of Sanskrit stories
A new language Urdu emerged during 14^th
The growth in regional languages like Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi and Telugu was a very significant development.