History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c12.s1.31

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ment under state supervision. The founder of a private monastery was allowed to appoint his heir *Mutwalli* or manager. If there were no heirs the duties of a *mutwalli* were entrusted to the Qazi. An industrial department was maintained by the state, and the author of the *Masālik* writes that the Sultan had a manufactory in which 4,000 silk weavers were employed, who manufactured cloth for all kinds of dresses for the amirs and officers of the court. Besides these there were 4,000 manufacturers of golden tissues who prepared gold brocades for the use of the royal ladies and the wives of the nobles.¹³⁶ Education was not neglected and though the state did nothing beyond making grants of land to learned men there were a thousand schools in Dihli, only one of which belonged to the Shafis and all the rest to the Hanafis.¹³⁷ The Sultan took great interest in medicine and *Dāru-s-Shafās* (hospitals) were established at Dihli, where medicines were freely distributed to the poor. The piratical gangs of Gogo¹³⁸ were put down effectively, and commerce was secured by establishing a firm hold on the coast of Kathiawar. The commercial cities of Broach and Cambay carried a busy trade and received full protection from the state. A separate officer called the *Malik-al-tajjār* was appointed to look after these harbours. The Hindus were not wantonly persecuted and in certain cases they were admitted to offices in the state.