[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.habibullah-1945) › c19.41 # The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c19.41 The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c19.41 - **Language:** English ### [c19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.habibullah-1945.c19.41) It is hardly necessary to stress that such diffusion of and devotion to literature pre-supposes a high level of general education and the existence of widely patronised educational establishments. Among the first institutions established in any newly occupied place was a madrasah, while every mosque housed a primary school. There were privately run schools as well as state-financed seminaries. Iltutmish founded a richly endowed college at Delhi named after his eldest son Nasiruddin; another was at Multan called the Firozi madrasah⁴. The Khalji conquerors in Bengal established similar institutions. Barani speaks of a large number of eminent professors teaching in colleges all over the kingdom¹. Under the Tughluqs, the capital alone is said to have possessed a thousand madrashs and two thousand muktabs (attached to mosques)² a statement which give a comparative indication of the state of affairs under their Memeluke predecessors. - [Previous: c19.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.habibullah-1945.c19.40) - [Next: c19.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.habibullah-1945.c19.42) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.habibullah-1945.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Tārīkh-i Fīrūzshāhī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.sultanate.tarikh-i-firuzshahi-afif) — Shams-i Sirāj ʿAfīf --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.habibullah-1945.c19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.habibullah-1945.c19.41) · Pramāṇa