Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c12.s10.38

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c12.s10.38

The *Siyarul-Mutaakhkhirīn* says that 'Alīwardī Khān was a lover of learning, and on quitting 'Āzīmābād, invited to his Court men of learning, whom he requested to live in Murshidābād his capital, and for whom he fixed large stipends. One of them was Mīr Muḥammad 'Alī, another was Ḥusain Khān. Tākī Qulī Khān, 'Alī Ibrāhīm Khān, Ḥājī Muḥammad Khān, were also of the number.³ Mīr Muḥammad 'Alī possessed a library of two thousand volumes.⁴

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