Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c12.s2.7

c12.s2.7

'Ādil Shāh, the founder of the Muhammadan kingdom of Bijāpūr, was educated at Sava and had a good literary outfit. He was eloquent in speech, a good judge of poetical composition, and wrote both prose and poetry with elegance. He had a great taste for music, and his skill in it was superior to that of many a master-musician of the time whom he encouraged to attend his court by handsome rewards. He could perform admirably on two or three kinds of instruments, and in his delightful mood sang extempore compositions. Many learned men were invited to his court from Persia, Turkistan and Rūm, as also several eminent artists, all of whom lived under the king's patronage.²