Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c10.198

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c10.198

The reign of Mubārak Khiljī, the successor of Sulṭān 'Alāuddīn, is another period of retrogression in literary history. We notice in many of his actions a repetition of the loathsome deeds of Kaiqubād. In Delhi, "Mubārak gave himself up to a course of the most degrading and odious debauchery."¹ From such a ruler it is futile to

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