 Major cities of this region that served as centres of Persian patronage included Gulbarga, Bidar, Bijapur, and Golconda. Notable Persian literature produced includes Futuh-us-Salatin, and the Bahmannamh .
<meaning-changed>  Major cities of this region that served as centres of Persian patronage included Gulbarga, Bidar, Bijapur, and Golconda. Notable Persian literature produced includes Futuh-us-Salatin, and the Bahmannamh .
 In the late 18th century, while Delhi courts began to turn to Urdu, literary cultivation in Persian remained healthy in the Deccan. It was finally eclipsed by Urdu in the 19th century .