Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c17.165

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³ C. Stephen’s *Archaeology of Delhi*, p. 199. The inscription on the mosque is to the following effect:—“In the time of Jalāluddin Muḥammad, who is Great Akbar among the just kings, Māham Begam, the root of purity, laid the foundation of this house for good men: but the building of this gracious house was helped by Shahābuddīn Aḥmad Khān Bāzil; what blessings there are in this auspicious building that its date is found in the words, *Khairul-Manāzil*, i.e. ‘Blessed among Houses’!” See also S. Aḥmad.