↑ Alam, Muzaffar (1998). “The pursuit of Persian: Language in Mughal Politics”. Modern Asian Studies (Cambridge University Press) 32 (2): 317–349. doi:10.1017/s0026749x98002947. Hindavi was recognized as a semi-official language by the Sor Sultans (1540-55) and their chancellery rescripts bore transcriptions in the Devanagari script of the Persian contents. The practice is said to have been introduced by the Lodis (1451-1526).
