Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c18.s3.15

c18.s3.15

During Aurangzib's reign Siyālkūṭ was a great seat of Muslim learning. Learned men from various parts of the country resorted to this place. Maulawī 'Abdullāh taught in a school in this town set up by his father Maulawī Abul Ḥakīm who was himself an eminent teacher. It should be observed here that the reputation of Siyālkūṭ as a place of learning dates back to the time of Akbar.⁴ It was perhaps due to the fact that it was a seat of