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208 The average ages of the Persian and Arabic scholars at the three periods formerly mentioned are as followfollows [sic]:—

The following works were found in use in the Persian schools:— Mamaqima, an elementary work; Nisah-us-Subyan, a vocabulary; Sawal Jawab, dialogues: Bhagawan Das, a grammar; Insha-i-Madho Ram, Insha-i-Mussallas, Mukhtasar-ul-Ibarat, Inshai-Khurd, Mufid-ul-Insha, Insha-i-Munir, Insha-i-Brahmun, and Muradi-i-Hasil, forms of correspondence; Alqab Nameh, on modes of address; the poems of Hilali and Kalim; Zahuri, an account of one of the kings of the Deccan; Kushaish Nameh and Kisseh Sultan, tales; Nam-i-Haq, names and attributes of God; Gauhar-i-Murad, on the doctrines of Islam; Kiranus Säadin, a poem by Khosro; and Mizan-ut-Tib and Tiba-i-Ahkber, on medicine.

In the Arabic schools the following text-books were employed:—Fasul Akberi, on inflection; Nahv-i-Mir and Zariri, on syntax; Sharh-i-Tahzib, commentary on Tahzib, a treatise on logic; Mukhtasar-ul-Mani, a treatise on rhetoric; Maibadi, on natural philosophy; the elements of ; Sharh-i-Tazkira, on astronomy; Sharafiya, on the law of inheritance; Däir on the doctrines of Islam; and Almijasti, astronomy of.

This district contains 238 schools, of which 234 are Persian and 4 Arabic.

Of these one town contains twenty-seven, another twelve, and a third eleven. Two villages contains four each, six three each, twenty-three two each, and one hundred and sixteen one each.

The number of Persian teachers is the same as the number of Persian schools. The number of Arabic teachers is six, one of the Arabic schools having three teachers. The average age of all the teachers is 33.9 years.

One of the Persian teachers is a Hindu of the writer-caste; and all the other teachers, both of Persian and Arabic schools, are Musalmans.

One teacher instructs gratuitously, and five teachers give gratuitous instruction to all their scholars, and food to twenty-two of them. The others are remunerated as follows :—