Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c10.45

c10.45

“generous to prodigality particularly to learned men, of whose company he was so fond that many were induced to come from all parts to his Court. Among the most celebrated, we must reckon Anwar Khān Khwārizmī, a great philosopher and astronomer who wrote an excellent treatise upon astronomy called *Mas’ūdī*, in reward for which he was presented with an elephant’s load of silver. Abū Muḥammad Nasāhī was a man of eminent learning in his age; he wrote a book entitled also *Mas’ūdī*, in support of the doctrine of Abū Ḥanīfah, which he presented to the king. In the beginning of his reign, Mas’ūd built many mosques, and endowed several *colleges and schools* which he caused to be erected in the different cities of his dominions.” 1