Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c10.212

c10.212

and were admired for their elegance, he showed himself skilled in metaphors, and frequently quoted Persian verses. He was fond of history and, his memory being very retentive, recollected almost every event he read of, along with its date. He was well acquainted with the *Sikandar-Nāmah*, the *Tārīkhi-Maḥmūdī* and the *Būmi-Salīm-Nāmah*. He was very eloquent and quite a master of debate. He could beat any literary man or scientist in his own weapon by his convincing arguments. In caligraphy, the Sulṭān abashed the most accomplished scribes.