Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c15.s2.33

c15.s2.33

Humāyūn was fond of books, and even during expedition carried a select library with him. While fleeing as a fugitive, Count Noer says, he took with him his librarian and a few of his favourite books.³ While he was encamped at Cambay he had with him several books, among which was a remarkable copy of the *History of Tamerlane*, which was taken away by a body of Qulis, a forest tribe, in a night attack upon his camp. This book, however, was subsequently recovered.⁴ Niẓām, father of Lāla Beg, styled Bāz Bahādur, was a librarian to the Sulṭān.⁵