Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c12.s2.10

c12.s2.10

Ismā'īl 'Ādil Shāh, the successor of 'Ādil, kept up the reputation of his house by his literary refinements and proficiency in the fine arts. In music and poetry he was a great adept, and combined a skill in varnishing, arrow-making and embroidering with his mastery in the art of painting. He was fond of the company of learned men and poets, a large number of whom was munificently supported at his court. He was a wit, and his brilliant humour often displayed itself in his conversation. He loved Turkish and Persian music and language more than the Deccanese. This bias was due to his being educated under the tuition of his aunt Dilshād, who by desire of his father kept him away from the company of the Deccanese.¹