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Who wrote famous Hindi work “Padmavat”?
Who wrote famous Hindi work “Padmavat”?
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Malik Muhammad Jayasi (1477–1542) wrote the epic poem Padmavat in 1540. The poem is an allegorical story about the Delhi Sultan Alauddin Khalji’s desire for Padmavati, the Queen of Chittor. Jayasi wrote the poem in the Hindustani language of Awadhi and in the Persian Nastaʿlīq script. Padmavat is considered a famous piece of Sufi literature from the period and the oldest surviving text in Awadhi.
Malik Muhammad Jayasi completed his work Padmavat during Sher Shah’s reign. He wrote it in 1540 in the Hindustani language of Awadhi. It relates a fictional story about the Delhi Sultan Alauddin Khalji’s desire for the titular Padmavati, the Queen of Chittor.