The following are the average ages of the scholars at the three periods formerly mentioned :—
| Koran scholars | . . . | . . . | 8.7 | . . . | 10.4 | . . . | 13.2 |
| Persian scholars | . . . | . . . | 10.03 | . . . | 15.6 | . . . | 26.5 |
| Arabic scholars | . . . | . . . | 16.3 | . . . | 21.2 | . . . | 28.1 |
The following works, in addition to some mentioned under the preceding heads, are read in the schools of this district :—
In Persian, Tis Takhti, a spelling-book; Farsi-nameh or Sirab Dhoka, a vocabulary; Insha-i-Herkern, forms of correspondence; Nal Daman, translation from Sanscrit of a love-story; the poems of Urfi, of Hafiz, of Wahshati, of Ghani, of Badr, and of Khakani, the last including both the Tahfut-ul-Irakin and Kasaid-i-Khakani; Waqaia Nyamat Khan Ali, an account of the campaigns of Aurungzebe; Hadikat-ul-Balaghat, a grammar of rhetoric; Shah Nameh, Firdusi’s national poem; and Kuliyat-i-Khosro, the works of Khosro.
In Arabic, Saraf Mir and Hidayat-us-Sarf on the etymology of the Arabic; Miat Amil, Jummul, Tatamma, Hidayat-un-Nahv, Misba, Zawa, Kafia, and Sharh-i-Mulla on syntax, Zawa being a commentary on Misba, and Shar-i-Mulla on Kafia; Mizan-i-Mantih, Tahzib, Mir Zahid, Kutbi, Mir, and Mulla Jalal on logic, Kutbi and Mulla Jalal being commentaries on Mir Zahid, and Mir a glossary to Kutbi; Sharh-i-Waqaia, on the circumstantials of Islam, as the ceremonies of religion and the law of inheritance; Nurulanwar, on the fundamentals of Islam, as the unity of God and the mission of Mahomed; Sirajiya, compendium of Mahomedan law; Hidaya, on the law of inheritance; Miscat-ul-Misabih, on Mahomedan observances; Shams-i-Bazigha and Sadra, treatises on natural philosophy; Sharh-i-Chagimani, a treatise on astronomy according to the Ptolemaic system; and Tauji, Talbi, and Faragh, treatises on metaphysics.
District of South Behar.
This district contains 291 schools, of which 279 are Persian and 12 Arabic.
One town contains ninteen, another eleven, a third seven, a fourth six, and a fifth five schools. Five villages contain three each; twenty-four, two each; and a hundred and eighty, one each.
The number of teachers is the same as the number of schools, and their average age is 34.2 years.
One of the Persian teachers is a Hindu of the writer-caste, and all the other teachers, both Persian and Arabic, are Musalmans.
