Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c10.213

c10.213

He was skilled also in the sciences of medicine, logic, astronomy and mathematics. He used to attend on patients afflicted with any extraordinary disease, in order to acquaint himself with its symptoms. He studied Greek philosophy, and after his accession to the throne held discussions with S’ad Manṭakī the metaphysician, with ’Ubaid the poet, with Najmuddīn Intishār, Maulānā Zainuddīn Shīrāzī and several other learned men. Abul ’Abbās adds—