Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c18.s3.29

c18.s3.29

Aurangzib, like his father Shāh Jahān, made a division of his time from a sense of duty. He used to read the Qur'ān in the morning between 5 and 7, and in the afternoon between 2.30 and 5.30 he used to read and copy the Qur'ān and study the works of the pious men of Islām. He devoted the whole evening of every Thursday to reading sacred books and to prayer.³ From his last will, it appears that he used to sell the copies of the Qur'ān transcribed by himself for his personal expenses, and that at