Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c18.s2.1

c18.s2.1

Though Shāh Jahān is better known for his magnificence,—for the superb structures with which he beautified his Shāh-Jahānābād or set up as memorials to his dear and near relations,—than for his zeal for the promotion of education or for extending the bounds of learning of himself and his subjects, yet it appears that he did nothing to undo the educational works of his father and grandfather; on the other hand, there is evidence to show, as the *Tafrīḥul-'Imārāt*² states, that he followed in Akbar's footsteps.