Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c22.32

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HADĪṢ, 191, 193 Ḥāfiẓ: Attempts visit to Maḥmūd Shāh Bahmanī, 82-83 Caps verse of Ghiyāṣuddin II. of Bengal, 108 Tīmūr’s respect for, 69 Handwriting: Importance of, before invention of printing, 159 Styles of, and their inventors, 158-159 Harem of many nations, Fīrūz Shāh Bahmanī’s, 84 Hebrew supposed to be known to Fīrūz Shāh Bahmanī, 84 (note) Hindi language: Bābar’s scholarship in, 121 Bairām Khān’s knowledge of, 169 Cherished by Hindus, 76 (note) Prince Dārā’s rings, 185 Supersedes Persian in Bījāpūr for public accounts, 93 Translations into, by Akbar’s order, 147 Hindus, 3, 40, 64, 65, 74, 75, 76, 86, 93, 94, 112, 113, 125, 147, 157, 171, 172, 184, 185 Admitted to revenue department of Bījāpūr by Yūsuf ’Ādil Shāh, 93 Appointed to Government offices by Fīrūz Shāh Tughlaq, 64 Co-educated with Muhammadans, 160 Intermix with Muhammadans, 40 Reach Muhammadan standard in Persian learning, 76 (note) Study Persian in reign of Sikandar, 75, 76 Hindustān, Bābar’s criticism of, xxv., 124 Hindustani language (Urdu): Elements of, 76 (note) Origin of, in Sikandar’s reign, 75-76 Historians, 36, 38, 39, 51, 81, 94, 132, 151, 178, 183 Historical works, Muhammadan: Allusions in, perhaps more reliable than direct accounts, ix. How used and compared, viii. Mix facts with fiction, viii. History (Badī’ and Bayān): Fondness of Sulṭāns for, 44, 51, 97, 132, 137, 143, 144 Last of the sciences to be studied at colleges, 162