"The intellectual decline of the Muslims was hastened by the peculiar position of the faithful in India: They had made India their permanent home; many of them were Indians by race; and all had become so in their personal appearance, thoughts, manners and customs. And yet their religious teachers urged them to look back to ancient Arabia and draw their mental sustenance from the far-off age of the Prophet. The language of their religion must be Arabic, which not one in a hundred fully understood ; their cultural language was Persian, which a few more learnt with difficulty and used with an impurity that excited the laughter and acorn of the Persian born. The greatest Indo-Persian poet was Amir Khusrau, but even he was ranked with third-class poets among the natives of Persia. Faizi, our second best, was held to be still inferior. Witness the scorn poured by Babur and Shaikh Ali Hazin alike on the Persian style of the Indian Muslims."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Jadunath Sarkar, The History Of Aurangzib Vol.V
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Indo-Persian_culture
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Indo-Persian culture
Indo-Persian culture refers to a cultural synthesis present in India and Pakistan. It is characterised by the absorption or integration of Persian aspects into the various cultures of South Asia. The earliest introduction of Persian influence and culture to the subcontinent was by various Muslim Turko-Persian rulers, such as the 11th-century Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi, rapidly pushed for the heavy Persianization of conquered territories in northwestern India (present-day Pakistan), where Islamic inf
2 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Indo-Persian culture â
Related Quotes
"Persians often sneered at Mughals and Indians as semi-barbarians; they snickered at the Indian efforts to speak and wâŚ"
"In a statement, the Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen (KNM) said it was unacceptable to strip away the rights granted by thâŚ"
"The government had earlier eaten into the Muslim reservation by assigning the turns of Muslims to persons with disabiâŚ"
"The traveling expenses of anybody who might intend to perform the pilgrimage to the Sacred Places should be paid."
"One thing remained constant throughout the reignâthe investments of Hajj. On average, around 15,000 pilgrims visited âŚ"
"This, my friends, is the Jaziya that non-Muslims pay in "free" India, one governed by Prime Minister Atal Bihari HajpâŚ"
"Meanwhile, BJP MP and chairman of the JPC committee on Waqf (Amendment) Bill, Jagdambika Pal highlighted that this biâŚ"
"âWhen the Constitution was drafted in 1950, the term âwaqfâ was not even included. The Waqf Act was created in 1954 uâŚ"
"Once Waqf, always Waqf."
"This government will not allow Waqf to be used as a political tool anymore."