Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c10.271

c10.271

others in religious studies or in copying books. Some were placed under tradesmen to be taught mechanical arts, so that about 12,000 slaves became artisans of various kinds working for the Sulṭān. Altogether, in the city and in the various fiefs, there were 18,000 slaves for whose maintenance and comfort the Sulṭān used to take special care. To such an extent was this matter carried, that there were separate officers for looking after the slaves and a separate treasury for the payment of their allowances, directly under the Sulṭān himself and not under the Prime Minister.¹