Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c12.s1.26

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c12.s1.26

Fīrūz was a great lover of astronomy, and for accurate stellar observations caused, in 1407 A.D., an observatory to be built on the summit of the pass near Daulatābād. The work was under the supervision of the astronomer Ḥakīm Ḥusain Gīlānī, whose death put a stop to its completion.³

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