Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c10.159

c10.159

³ Ferishta vol. i, p. 348. The inscription on the southern doorway of the ’Alā’ī Darwāzah of ’Alāuddīn Khiljī represents the Emperor to have been a great promoter of learning. The passages in the inscription are:—“He (’Alāuddīn) of the exalted presence, Lord of the Kings of the world, Emperor like Moses in splendour, like Solomon in dignity, protector of the commands of the Law of Muḥammad, helper of the observances of the religion of Aḥmad, strengthener of the pulpits of learning and religion, strengthener of the rules of colleges and places of worship, etc., etc.”—Carr Stephen’s Archaeology of Delhi, p. 56.