Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c17.56

c17.56

called Qanauj, 'Abdul Qādir was given instructions by the Emperor to translate the *Sinhāsana Battīsī* into prose and verse. A learned Brāhmaṇa was appointed to interpret the work to Qādir. When the translation was finished it was called *Khirad-Afzā-Nāmah*, a name which contains the date of its composition. It was then placed in the royal library.¹ The *Shāh-Nāmah* was turned into prose, and the *Ḥayātul-Ḥaiwān* was also translated.² Abul Faẓl, we have noticed before, was charged with the task of translating the Gospel.