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Why Persian was the official language of the Mughal Empire?

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Why Persian was the official language of the Mughal Empire?
posted Aug 3, 2018 by Salil Agrawal

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Because the Mughal Empire was ruled by a Chagatai Turkic dynasty which was a Persianate - as in deeply influenced by the Persian culture and language, despite being Turkic in origin. Due to that, Persian was the official language of the Empire.

answer Aug 5, 2018 by Hanifa Mammadov
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