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The official court language of the Mughal Empire was:

  1. A
    Urdu
  2. B
    Persian
  3. C
    Persian and the local language
  4. D
    Turkish

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Persian was adopted as the official administrative and court language of the Mughal Empire. While the early Mughals (such as Babur) spoke Chagatai Turkish as their native tongue, Emperor Akbar standardized Persian as the primary language for state administration, record-keeping, and high-level court literature.

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The official court language of the Mughal Empire was:
A
Urdu
B
Persian
C
Persian and the local language
D
Turkish

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