Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c12.s9.1

c12.s9.1

Of the royal house of Sindh, Shāh Beg Arghūn was exceedingly well read, and is men- tioned by many authors as a great promoter of literature,² while Kashmīr could about 50 years ago boast of its ruler Zainul 'Ābidīn, who had equally encouraged literature and fine arts. Under the latter many treatises on music were written, and a code of laws was framed, engraved on copper-plates, and placed in public markets and halls of justice in order to give it currency.¹