Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c10.150

c10.150

A noticeable feature of Jalāluddīn’s reign was that he chose the right person to fill the office of Librarian for the *Imperial Library* at Delhi. This high post, which carried with it much honour, was conferred on Amīr Khusrau, who was held in high regard by Sulṭān Jalāluddīn. During the reign of Kaiqubād, Jalāluddīn, while a prince, had settled on him a pension and rewarded him with 1200 *tankas* on his being appointed ’Ārizi-Mamālik. Sulṭān Jalāluddīn also appointed him the keeper of the *Qur’ān*, raised him to the peerage and permitted him to wear white garments, a distinction usually confined to the blood royal and the nobles of the Court.³