Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c10.183

c10.183

There was a number of nobles who upheld the cause of learning by their extensive liberality. There were the nobles of Nauhattah, who extended their patronage to a great many learned men, as also to students who came to study at Delhi. There were again the Sayyids of Gardiz, viz. Sayyid Jahjū and Sayyid Ajalī, who were also famous for their patronage of learning. The noble descendants of the Janjar family, viz. Mu'inuddīn, Tājuddīn, Jalāl, Jamāl and 'Alī should also be mentioned for their acts of liberality. The Sayyids of Biānah were equally famous for their love of learning.