Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c10.88

c10.88

receiving his encouragement and patronage.¹ Moreover, the choice of Fakhr-ul-Mulk, formerly wazīr of the Caliph of Baghdād for 30 years and much renowned for his wisdom and learning, as the Sulṭān’s prime minister shows that Altamash had a discerning eye and was not slow to recognize literary merit. We further learn that a *madrasah* was built by this monarch and that this edifice fell into a dilapidated condition in the time of Sulṭān Fīrūz Tughlaq more than a century afterwards; and Fīrūz, with his characteristic liberality shown in educational matters, rebuilt the college and furnished it with sandal-wood doors.² Lastly, Altamash faithfully discharged the duty of giving a sound education to his son Maḥmūd, for whom a separate arrangement was made at Loni befitting his position.³