Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c11.37

c11.37

Under the auspices of Sikandar, the writing, translation, and compilation of a number of books took place under his orders; the *Argar-mahābedak* (or the science of medicine and treatment of diseases) was translated and received the title of *Ṭibbi-Sikandarī*. This book, ’Abdullāh says, was the foundation of the practice of the physicians of Hind, and was thus brought into general use.² The *Wāqi’āti-Mushtāqī* adds—