Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c22.7

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Assassinations, attempted, of Emperors, 166–167 Astrologers, 39 Astrology : Classed in Akbar’s Library with poetry, medicine, and music, 152 Indian, studied by Muhammadans, 13, 70 (note) Practical applications of, by Humāyūn, 129, 131, 142 Study of, leads to Humāyūn’s death, 133 Astronomers, 12, 81, 85, 197 Astronomy : Astronomical Tables, 125, 150, 197 Classed with Ṣūfīism and philosophy in Akbar’s Library, 152 Fīrūz Shāh Bahmanī’s fondness for, 85 Indian, studied by Muhammadans, 13 Instruments of, in Delhi Observatory, 197 Observatories, 85, 125, 196 Taught at colleges in Akbar’s time, 161 Athletes, 54 Aurangzib, Emperor : An anti-Hindu monarch, 187 Assists students according to proficiency, 188 (note) Captures Bīdar, with disastrous results to the college, 88 Despiser of the arts, 191 Despoils library at Bijāpūr, 94 Division of his time, 192 Early education, his, 190–191 Educates his daughters, 204 Fosters Muslim education and learning, 187 Founds numberless schools and colleges, 187 His grants to education, 188–189 Love of theology, 193 Meets personal expenses by his penmanship, 192–193 Orders destruction of Hindu schools and temples, 187 Orthodox and Puritanical, 191 Progressive, apart from anti-Hindu bias, 187 Provides education for the Bohras of Gujrāt, 188 Turns Dutch buildings into college for Muslims, 188 Views on the education of Princes, 192 Writer of letters, xxvii. Autobiographies, royal : Bābar’s, 122, 123, 124, 126, 147, 150, 151 Fīrūz Shāh Tughlaq’s, 50 Jahāngīr’s, 139, 151 Tīmūr’s, 67, 68