Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c10.55

c10.55

This Sulṭān excelled in the art of fine writing cultivated in the East by the Muhammadan Emperors as a separate subject of study requiring particular attention, and like many a Musalmān monarch before and after him, sent two copies of the *Qurʾān* which he had transcribed with his own hand during his leisure hours to Mecca and Medina as presents to the Caliph to be deposited in their respective sacred libraries.²