Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c18.s3.31

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the time of his death, there was a balance of Rs. 305 in his purse.¹ It is recorded in the *Mir’ātul-’Ālam* that ’Ālamgīr studied with Muḥammad Qanaujī three days in the week the *Iḥyā-ul-’Ulūm* and other books.² The Emperor, as we have stated, was fond of reading Islāmic laws, and collected the eminent jurists of his kingdom and caused them to compile the *Fatāwa-i-’Ālamgīrī* under the supervision of Mullā Niẓām, spending a considerable amount for the purpose.³