Editing Hyderabad (section)

=== Literature ===
In the past, [[Qutb Shah]]i rulers and [[Asaf Jahi dynasty|Asaf Jahi Nizams]] attracted artists, architects, and men of letters from different parts of the world through patronage. The resulting ethnic mix popularised cultural events such as ''[[mushaira]]s'' (poetic symposia), ''[[Qawwali]]'' (devotional songs) and ''[[Dholak ke Geet]]'' (traditional folk songs).<ref name="Int Mushaira">{{cite news |title=Anjuman Muhibban-e-Urdu to hold international mushaira |url=http://www.siasat.com/english/news/anjuman-muhibban-e-urdu-hold-international-mushaira |newspaper=The Siasat Daily |date=13 April 2012 |access-date=13 April 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111041310/http://www.siasat.com/english/news/anjuman-muhibban-e-urdu-hold-international-mushaira |archive-date=11 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="qawwali">{{cite news |title=Wah! This Hyderabadi family has been carrying foward &#91;sic&#93; the legacy of qawwali for over 900 years |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/wah-this-hyderabadi-family-has-been-carrying-foward-the-legacy-of-qawwali-for-over-900-years/articleshow/59239321.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |last=Paul |first=Papri |date=21 June 2021 |access-date=22 September 2021 |archive-date=20 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820123505/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/wah-this-hyderabadi-family-has-been-carrying-foward-the-legacy-of-qawwali-for-over-900-years/articleshow/59239321.cms |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Traditional Indian Forms of Deccani Poetry |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23340243 |volume=53 |pages=211–19 |year=2009 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |jstor=23340243 |access-date=13 July 2022 |last1=Panchal |first1=Parmanand |journal=Indian Literature |issue=5 (253) |archive-date=13 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713142656/https://www.jstor.org/stable/23340243 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Qutb Shahi dynasty particularly encouraged the growth of [[Deccani literature]] leading to works such as the ''[[Deccani Masnavi]]'' and ''[[Diwan (poetry)|Diwan poetry]]'', which are among the earliest available manuscripts in Urdu.<ref name="Masud">{{cite book |title=Mohammad Quli Qutb Shah |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |pages=50–77 |year=1996 |isbn=978-81-260-0233-7 |last=Hussain Khan |first=Masud}}</ref> ''[[Lazzat Un Nisa]]'', a book compiled in the 15th century at Qutb Shahi courts, contains erotic paintings with diagrams for secret medicines and stimulants in the eastern form of ancient sexual arts.<ref name="Lizzat-un-nisa">{{cite book |title=Scent in the Islamic Garden: A Study of Deccani Urdu Literary Sources |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=40 |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-19-579334-5 |first=Ali Alber |last=Husain}}</ref> The reign of the [[Asaf Jahi dynasty|Asaf Jahi Nizams]] saw many literary reforms and the introduction of Urdu as a language of court, administration and education.<ref name="Datta">{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian literature: Devraj to Jyoti, Volume 2 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |pages=1260, 1746–1748 |year=2005 |isbn=978-81-260-1194-0 |last=Datta |first=Amaresh}}</ref> In 1824, a collection of Urdu ''[[Ghazal]]'' poetry, named ''Gulzar-e-Mahlaqa'', authored by [[Mah Laqa Bai]]—the first female Urdu poet to produce a Diwan—was published in Hyderabad.<ref name="Mah laqa bai">{{cite book |title=Women writing in India volume 1, 600 BC to the early twentieth century |publisher=The Feminist Press |pages=[https://archive.org/details/womenwritinginin00thar/page/120 120]–122 |year=1991 |isbn=978-1-55861-027-9 |first1=Susie J. |last1=Tharu |first2=K. |last2=Lalita |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/womenwritinginin00thar}}</ref> Hyderabad has continued with these traditions in its annual [[Hyderabad Literary Festival]], held since 2010, showcasing the city's literary and cultural creativity.<ref>{{cite web |title=Celebrating creativity |url=http://www.hyderabadliteraryfestival.com/ |work=Hyderabad Literary Festival 2012 |year=2012 |access-date=14 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419043414/http://www.hyderabadliteraryfestival.com/ |archive-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> Organisations engaged in the advancement of literature include the [[Sahitya Akademi]], the Urdu Academy, the Telugu Academy, the [[National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language]], the Comparative Literature Association of India, and the Andhra Saraswata Parishad. Literary development is further aided by state institutions such as the State Central Library, the largest public library in the state which was established in 1891,<ref name="Asifia_library">{{cite news |last=Singh |first=T. Lalith |title=State central library to sport a grand look again |url=http://hindu.com/2005/08/06/stories/2005080615910300.htm |date=6 August 2005 |access-date=13 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409172950/http://hindu.com/2005/08/06/stories/2005080615910300.htm |newspaper=The Hindu |archive-date=9 April 2012}}</ref> and other major libraries including the [[Sri Krishna Devaraya Andhra Bhasha Nilayam]], the [[British Library, Hyderabad|British Library]] and the [[Sundarayya Vignana Kendram]].<ref name="dsal and sundarayya">{{cite web |title=The original Urdu research centre (URC) |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/bibliographic/urlc/urc.html |publisher=Digital South Asia Library |date=29 September 2009 |access-date=29 April 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727033037/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/bibliographic/urlc/urc.html |archive-date=27 July 2012}}
* {{cite web |title=The Urdu research centre, Hyderabad: a souvenir |url=http://www.sundarayya.org/pdf/BBC-URLC.pdf |work=[[Sundarayya Vignana Kendram]] |date=10 June 2004 |access-date=29 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110235124/http://www.sundarayya.org/pdf/BBC-URLC.pdf |archive-date=10 November 2013}}</ref>
{{Wide image| A typical charminar evening.jpg|680px|Evening view of the [[Charminar]] along with other [[Heritage structures in Hyderabad, India|heritage structures]] and [[List of bazaars in Hyderabad|bazaars]]}}