Practicing Success
Which Mughal Emperor consciously set out to make Persian the leading language of the Mughal court. |
Jahangir Akbar Shahjahan Babur |
Akbar |
It was Akbar who consciously set out to make Persian the leading language of the Mughal court. Cultural and intellectual contacts with Iran, as well as a regular stream of Iranian and Central Asian migrants seeking positions at the Mughal court, might have motivated the emperor to adopt the language. |