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!' The most remarkable institution of Firoz's reign was the great college at Hauz-i-Khas, called Madrasa-i-Firoz Shahi.
contains an eye-witness account of the working and organisation of Madrasa-i-Firoz Shahi and may best be described in his words: "The moment -1 entered this blessed building through the gate, I saw an even space as wide as the plain of the world.
A. Xizami, Life and Times of Shaikh Farid Uddin Ganj-i• Shakar, Aligarh, 1955.
(6) Shaikh Baha Uddin Zakaria was the founder of the Suhrawardi silsilah in India.
(7) Shaikh Nizam Uddin Auliya was the i:nost popular and well-known mystic of the Chishti silsilah.
A contemporary of Delhi sultans from Balban to Ghiyas Uddin Tughluq, he was the spiritual leader of the Muslim community.
" It is doubtful if other subjects like astronomy, history and medicine were ever taught in this Madrasa, though Firoz was a great devotee of these subjects as well.
The theological bias of teaching in Madrasa-i-Firoz Shahi is understandable for "Theology was the mode of thought in medieval times.
(I4) Zia Uddin Barani, Ta,ikh-i-Firoz Shani, edited,.
The famous writers of th~ age and their works were: Zia Uddin Barani .
Dalail-i-Firoz Shahi ( arguments of Firoz Shah), translation of a Sanskrit work on astronomy found at the Jwala Mukhi temple.
Muhammad al Atai Faiuaid-i-Firoz Shahi,u a book on Muslim Law containing .
Hamid Qalandar Anonymous Compiler of Khairul Majalis,2' an account of the conversations ot Shaikh Nasir Uddin Chiragh-i• Dehli, a contemporary of Firoz.