Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c10.18

c10.18

Ferishta, moreover, adds the interesting piece of information that 'Unṣurī, the scholar who was profound as a scientist, well-versed in all the learned languages, great as a philosopher, and as a wit and a poet, the greatest of his age—the man who acted to Maḥmūd as a censor of literature, was appointed as a professor of the University of Ghaznī. His versatile talents no doubt made him quite fit for the post which he was selected to adorn.