Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c17.120

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¹ Noer’s *Akbar*, vol. ii, p. 247. Faiẓī was once appointed Dāniyāl’s tutor [*vide Muntakhabul-Tawārīkh*, vol. ii, (Lowe), p. 297]. “Akbar committed the education of his favourite son Murād to Father Monserrat to be instructed in the sciences and religion of Europe. One day the young prince began his lesson in the Emperor’s presence with these words, ‘In the name of Almighty God.’ ‘Add, my son,’ said Akbar, ‘and of Jesus Christ, the true Prophet.’”—*Hough’s Christianity in India*, p. 270.