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Abstract

The Education System under the Delhi Sultans set many lasting trendsin Muslim education in India. It formed the backbone on whichcenturies of subsequent Muslim education would be based. It was thissystem of education that the Great Mughals directly inherited andaltered. In this research article the higher level of Muslim educationprevalent in the Delhi Sultanate is discussed and analysed. Thesubjects and standard books of the curriculum before Sultan SikanderLodhi’s period and the additions made during his period are discussed.The drift of higher studies toward transmitted or rational sciences ishighlighted and the reasons behind are also discussed. This paperconcludes that nine subjects were taught at this level of Education.Along with main text books, local commentaries and glosses authoredby prominent Indian scholars were also included in the curriculum.Transmitted Sciences were highly preferred though Rational Sciencesreceived impetus from Sultan Sikander Lodhi’s period onward. Thesyllabus conformed to that of the rest of the Islamic world at that time.Overall the system was successful in producing many learnedencyclopaedic personalities.