Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c18.s1.1

c18.s1.1

JAHĀNGĪR, though far inferior to his great father, was not without some literary taste. His education was, as we can anticipate, well cared for, but certain bad traits in his character vitiated his career. Of his preceptors, we hear of Maulānā Mīr Kalān Muḥaddiṣ, who had come to Hindustan from Hirāt in the reign of Akbar¹ and 'Abdul-Raḥīm Mīrzā, whom we have noticed before.² We also learn that Quṭbuddīn Muḥammad Khān was appointed as his tutor (987 A.H., 1579 A.D.) and a great levee was held in celebration of this event. The tutor presented the Emperor, as is customary on such occasions, with rich presents, such as elephants, etc., worthy of his post, and, taking the prince upon his shoulders, ordered dishfuls of gold and jewels to be scattered to the people.³ Over and above his knowledge of Persian, the Emperor himself tells us, he