Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c10.311

c10.311

¹ Carr Stephen describes a college built by Fīrūz Shāh on the side of the tank called Ḥauẓ 'Alā'ī or Ḥauẓ Khāṣ. Says he : " This magnificent tank, covering over 70 acres of land, was built by Sulṭān 'Alāuddīn Khilji in the year 695 A.H. (1295 A.D.), and was enclosed by a stone and masonry wall. In the reign of Fīrūz Tughlaq (about 755 A.H., 1345 A.D.), it was filled up, and there was no water in it. People carried on cultivation in it and had dug wells, of which they sold the water. Fīrūz cleared it out. . . . The repairs then done to the tank were so extensive that Timūr ascribes the tank itself to Fīrūz Shāh. ' This is a reservoir,' writes Timūr, ' which was constructed by Sulṭān Fīrūz Shāh, and is faced all round with cement. Each side of that reservoir is more than a bow-shot long, and there are buildings round it. This tank is filled up by the