Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c22.8

c22.8

BĀBAR, Emperor : Author, poet, and musician, 121-122 Critical knowledge of Arabic, Persian, and Turkī, 121 Dislike of Mughals, xxiv. Education, 123 Generosity to the learned, 123 Hindustan, his criticism of, xxv., 124 Illustrations in his *Memoirs*, 126 Initiator in penmanship, 123 Literary companions and parties, 123 On colleges in India, xxiv., 124 On Indian observatories and astronomical tables, 125 On the library of Ghāzī Khān, 125-126 Painting, interest in, 126 Public Works Department, postal and educational duties of, 126-127 Verse, style of, invented by him, 122 Writings on prosody, music, jurisprudence, and religion, 122