Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c17.3

c17.3

WE are now approaching the reign of the monarch who is justly regarded as one of the greatest sovereigns India has ever seen. Akbar is as much noted for his statesmanship as for his encouragement of letters. He is, however, described by some writers as utterly unlettered. Noer,¹ for instance, on the authority of a Goanese writer, credits him with no literary education. The *Tūzaki-Jahāngīrī* makes the following statements on the subject:—