in 1504, patronizing Persian literature, and reconstructing the Qutb Minar Sikandar Shah Miri (r. 1389–1413)
We are still reading the footnotes he left behind—in the languages we speak, the cities we inhabit, and the stories we tell about the young king who wept because there were no more worlds to conquer. index of sikandar
This wasn't a military skirmish; it was a clash of ideologies. The conqueror, who sought to rule the world, met men who had renounced it. patronizing Persian literature