Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Kings and Chronicles

Question:
Which Mughal Emperor consciously set out to make Persian the leading language of the Mughal court.
Options:
Jahangir
Akbar
Shahjahan
Babur
Correct Answer:
Akbar
Explanation:
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.