Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c22.28

c22.28

FENCING: Introduced by Aḥmad Niẓām Shāh, 95 Schools for, founded in Aḥmadnagar, 95 Fiction: Indian Fables of Mīr Hamzah, Akbar's fancy for, 142 Indian, translated into Arabic and Persian, 13 Muḥammad Tughlaq's indifference to, 45 Firdausī: Approves himself a poet, 8 Completes *Shāh-Nāmah*, 8, 9 Is meanly paid by Maḥmūd, xvi., xvii., 9 Lampoons the Sulṭān, xvi., 9 Reparation made too late, 10 Fīrūz Shāh Bahmanī: Accomplished in languages and science, 84 Astronomy, his love of, 85 His harem of many nations, 84 Observatory, builds an, 85 Poetical and literary pursuits, 84-85 Sees through a pretender to learning, 85 Sends ships abroad for learned men, 85, 115 Fīrūz-Shāhī-Madrasah: Described by Barnī, 60-63 Exclusively for Muḥammadans, 64 Question of identity with college on side of Ḥauẓ Khāṣ, 60-61 (note) Fīrūz Shāh Tughlaq, Sulṭān: Administrator, a good, 49 Archæology, first Sulṭān to show taste for, 52 Art, liking for, 54, 55 Autobiography, 50 Builds a palace for scholars and noblemen, 51 Builds himself a capital, 49 Colleges of his foundation, 57, 59, 60-64 Digs canals, xxiii., 57 Diversions, 54 Educational zeal, 51, 56, 117