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The Madrissa or old Mohomedan College, for the study of the Arabic and Persian languages, and of Mohomedan Law, owes it’sits [sic] origin to, who in the year 1780, provided a building for it at his own expense, and at whose recommendation the Government assigned lands of the estimated value of 29,000 Rupees per annum, for the support of the Institution.