Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c20.28

c20.28

She ordered it to be placed on her own tomb, which is near that of Niẓāmuddīn Auliyā. Satiun-nisā, a learned lady, was the tutoress of Jahānārā Begam. She could recite the Qur’ān and had a good knowledge of Persian. She was the female Nāẓir to Mumtāz Mahal, at whose recommendation the Empress gave pensions and donations to the daughters of poor scholars, theologians and pious men.² Zibunnisa Begam, the eldest of the five daughters of Aurangzib, was an educated princess: she was taught by her own father, and was thoroughly proficient in the knowledge of the Qur’ān. She knew Persian and Arabic, and was well skilled in the art of calligraphy. She employed many learned men, poets and writers, and to her were dedicated numerous compilations and original works. Aurangzib’s third daughter, Badrunnisā, though she knew the Qur’ān by heart, was not so well educated as her eldest sister.³