Urdu-language culture

a major market in the walled city of Delhi, India

thumb|Amir Khusrow teaching his disciples Dastangoi () is a 13th century Urdu oral storytelling art form. The Persian style of dastan evolved in 16th century. One of the earliest references in print to dastangoi is a 19th-century text containing 46 volumes of the adventures of Amir Hamza titled Dastan e Amir Hamza.