Dastangoi is a thirteenth century Urdu oral storytelling art form, its Persian style of dastan evolving further in the sixteenth century. One of the earliest references to dastangoi in print is a nineteenth century text of forty six volumes recounting the adventures of Amir Hamza, titled Dastan e Amir Hamza.
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Place of OriginPre-Islamic Arabia, spread via Iran to Delhi, India 1 Notable Example Defining TraitThe dastango's voice is the central artistic tool for orally recreating the story 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Dastangoi - Wikipedia
History section
ascribed the origin of dastangoi to pre-Islamic Arabia, and detailed how the eastward spread of Islam carried dastangoi to Iran and then to Delhi in India.
Lead section, earliest print reference sentence
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.
Lead section, opening sentence
At the centre of dastangoi is the dastango, or storyteller, whose voice is his main artistic tool in orally recreating the dastan or the story.
In Group: Storytelling and Oral Performance Traditions, Lead
a 13th century Urdu oral storytelling art form
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