Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c10.219

c10.219

But he had two black traits in his character. He was of an irascible temper and visited with excessive cruelty those with whom he became angry. Under the influence of his rage, he even put to death quite a number of men, though they were learned and holy, for offences which never merited the extreme punishment.³ The other unwelcome trait was his whimsical temper, which had so chilling an effect on the literary cause. One