'French scholars catalogue manuscripts at Rampur Raza library' by Nazar Abbas

 'French scholars catalogue manuscripts at Rampur Raza library' by Nazar Abbas; Please click at the following link to read the article:  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/French-scholars-catalogue-manuscripts-at-Rampur-Raza-library/articleshow/46219678.cms


The Rampur Raza Library  located in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, India is a repository of Indo-Islamic cultural heritage and a treasure-house of knowledge established in last decades 18th century, and built up by successive Nawabs of Rampur and now managed by Government of India.

It contains very rare and valuable collection of manuscripts, historical documents, specimens of Islamic calligraphy, miniature paintings, astronomical instruments and rare illustrated works in Arabic and Persian. Rampur's Raza Library also contains printed works in Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu, Pashto (having the original manuscript of the first translation of the Qur'an in addition to other important books/documents), Tamil and Turkish, and approximately 30,000 printed books (including periodicals) in various other languages. (Text & photo source: Wikipedia)