Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c12.s7.5

c12.s7.5

Ibrāhīm Sharqī was a famous patron of literature and learning, to whom several books were dedicated by various authors.² In his time, there flourished many learned men such as Qāẓī Shahābuddīn Daulatābādī, who was called the “king of sages” by his contemporaries. After his demise, Maulānā Shaikh Ilāhdād Jaunpūrī made himself famous by his literary compositions. Another distinguished literary man was Ẓāhir Dihlawī, to whom a noble of the time of Sikandar Lūdī had given the title of Ẓāhir on account of his freshness of style. Maulānā Ḥasan Naqshī, Maulānā ’Alī Aḥmad Nishānī and Nūrul Ḥaqq were other famous literary magnates.³ Many books were written for him, e.g. *Fatāwa-Ibrāhīm-Shāhī*, *Irshād*, etc.⁴