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Turks presence in India give them an opportunity to get to know both the Persian and Turkish cultures more closely. The Turks are known for their commitment to their traditions and customs but they have not shown it fully in this region, especially in relation to language. Because,the works were written in Persian instead of Turkish and served to the Persian culture in India. Thus,Persian spread to Pakistan, India and the surrounding regions after the Turks’ conquests of the region and became the language of the known cultural heritage of these lands. The region were developed well in educational and cultural areas under the rules of the Turks, and specially got richer in literature and architecture. Particularly, the works carried out in the field of literature and education during the period of Shah Akbar deserve admiration. In this period, the popularity of the Persian was increased and preferred by people from all strata. In fact, it was seen that Sufi Muslims were weaving verses from the Quran into their Persian poems in order to spread Islam. As a result of the work carried out in many types of literature, the Persian is widely accepted that became the official language of the state during the period of Akbar Shah and become the language of education in the institutions. However, after the English occupation, the Persian, which were used in the Indian lands for centuries, left its place to English. Today, it is only taught in universities and it is mainly used by Muslims who have devoted themselves to Persian. During the course of our study, the questions such as ‘if the Turkish was used instead of Persian at the subcontinent under the rule of Turks, what kind of cultural heritage would arise?’ and ‘if we would still have dark areas about our own history of Turkish-Mongol Empire in India’ came to our minds. In our study, Shah Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb’s approach to Persian and their perspective and support for artistic activities were examined and information were presented about the important masterpieces of this period.

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