Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c10.203

c10.203

THE short reign of Ghiyāsuddin Tughlaq, the first Sulṭān of the new dynasty, brought with it peace and order and served as a good prelude to an epoch remarkable for its educational improvements. Sulṭān Ghiyāsuddin was fond of men of genius and learning, whom he used to invite to his Court. He constructed many public buildings and gave stipends to learned men, shaikhs and sayyids. He framed a code of laws founded upon the Qur'ān and the ancient usages of the Delhi monarchy for guidance in the civil government of the country.¹