Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c10.41

c10.41

We have thus seen that Maḥmūd, who is popularly known for his militarism and plunder, was also a great patron of Muhammadan learning and, indeed, in the words of our historian Ferishta, “ no king had ever more learned men at his Court ”² than Sulṭān Maḥmūd.