Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c16.5

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c16.5

Ḥasan, Shīr Shāh's father, had eight sons. Farīd (afterwards Shīr Shāh) and Niẓām were born of one mother of a Paṭhān family; the other sons were born of slaves. Ḥasan neglected his sons. Farīd upon this left his father's house and took service as a soldier under Jamāl, the Governor of Jaunpūr. Ḥasan wrote from Sasarām to Jamāl requesting him to send back his son in order that he might be educated at the former place. Farīd could not be persuaded to do so, as he wanted to remain at Jaunpūr which, as he tells

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