HIBRIDITÁS ÉS NYELVPOLITIKA A MOGUL BIRODALOMBAN
SYNCRETISM AND LANGUAGE POLICY IN THE MOGUL EMPIRE

Author(s): Imre Bangha
Subject(s): Other Language Literature, 16th Century
Published by: Scientia Kiadó
Keywords: Mogul Empire; North India; Persian; Hindavi; Rekhta;
Summary/Abstract: The emperors and noblemen of the Mogul Empire in North India(1526─1857) patronised artistic, linguistic and perhaps religious syncretism during the first phase of the Empire. It is well known that the Mogul miniature painting has developed from a synthesis of Iranian, traditional Indian and European styles. Less attention has so far been paid to the poetry in mixed language with Persian, Hindavi (Hindi) and Turk words and phrases. Deconstructing some modern and pre-modern myths about mixed-language poetry, Rekhta, and examining its early history on the basis of reliably datable works and manuscripts, the paper shows that almost all early exponents of mixed-language poetry belonged to the Mogul courtly elite.

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