Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c22.53

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Maḥmūd Shāh Bahmanī—continued. Founds a college and schools for orphans, 82, 83 Generosity to poets, 82, 83 Renown as a patron of learning, 82 Styled Aristotle for his wisdom, 83 Maktab ceremony, the, 128, 141 Mālwa, city of, a great literary resort, 97 Mālwa, Kingdom of : Bāz Bahādur, Sulṭān, loses his throne through over-devotion to music, 98 Ghiyāṣuddīn, Sulṭān (1469-1500), appoints schoolmistresses to instruct the ladies of his harem, 97, 201 Maḥmūd Khiljī, Sulṭān, great promoter of learning, founder of colleges and lover of history, 96-97 Mathematics : Abstract, order in which studied at colleges, 162 Indian, studied by Muhammadans, 13 Text-books in, 81 (note) Maulā, Sayyid : Assassinated for treason, 32 Founds academy and almshouse at Delhi, 28, 32 Visited by Sulṭān’s son, 32 Mechanical art : Akbar’s encouragement of, 164 Automatic slot machine of Sayyid Ḥusain Shīrāzī, 165 (note) Removal of massive monuments by Fīrūz Shāh Tughlaq, 52-53 Water-clock, xxiii., 55 Medicine : Indian, studied by Muhammadans, 13, 77 Indian work on, translated into Persian, 77 Muḥammad Tughlaq, Sulṭān, skilled in, 44 Meeting-rooms attached to tombs, 58 (note) Memory, retentive, of Sulṭān Muḥammad Tughlaq, 44 Minstrels, 39 Mongols, 176 Monuments, Hindu, Sulṭān Fīrūz Shāh Tughlaq’s respect for, 52 Morality, first science to be studied at Muslim colleges, 161 Muḥammad Ghūrī, Sulṭān : Combines literary education with training in Government, 18 Educates Turkish slaves, 18 Famous in warfare, 17 Founds college at Ajmere, 18