The first writer to use Urdu as the medium of poetic expression was
- AAmir KhusruCorrect
- BMirza Ghalib
- CBahadur Shah Zafar
- DFaiz
Explanation
Amir Khusru is recognized as the first poet to use Urdu, then known as Hindavi, as a medium of poetic expression. He lived during the 13th and 14th centuries under the Delhi Sultanate. While Persian was the official court language, Khusru experimented by blending Persian with the local Hindavi dialect to create folk songs, riddles, and couplets. This makes him the pioneer of Urdu poetry, predating the other listed poets like Mirza Ghalib, Bahadur Shah Zafar, and Faiz by several centuries.
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