Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c12.s2.13

c12.s2.13

One noteworthy fact of the reign of Ibrāhīm 'Ādil Shāh I. was that public accounts began to be kept in Hindī instead of in Persian, and many Brāhmaṇas were appointed in charge of the accounts, so that they soon acquired a great influence in the government.² In the reign of Yūsuf 'Ādil Shāh, the Hindus had also been admitted to the exercise of considerable powers in his revenue department. This was probably due to the fact of his having married a Hindu lady—the daughter of a Mahratta chieftain.³ This shows