After all, Urdu was born in Delhi:*9 it was a language the poet and literary historian Azad described as “an orphan found wandering in the bazaars of Shahjahanabad.”17 According to Maulvi Abd ul-Haq, “Anyone who has not lived in Delhi could never be considered a real connoisseur of Urdu. It is as if the steps of the Jama Masjid are a school of fine
