Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c22.29

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Fīrūz Shāh Tughlaq, Sulṭān—continued. Education and training in Government, 50 Fīrūz-Shāhī-Madrasah, 60–63 Founder of Jaunpūr, xxiii., 100–101 Hindu monuments, care for, 52–54, 58 History, fondness for, 51 Orders translation of Hindu books into Persian, 64–65 Parentage, xxii. Provides for poor scholars, 66 Public works, maintenance of, 56 of his reign, 56–57 Religious ardour, 54 character of his colleges, 64 Science, interest in, 55 Slaves, fancy for, 54–55, 117 Translations from Sanskrit into Persian in his reign, 70 (note) Fīrūzābād : A famous city of learning, 49 Eclipses Delhi, to be itself eclipsed, 116