No one seems to know what
happened to the manuscripts cited in the following works. Muhammad Shafi, “A Short Summary of the Notes on Persian and Arabic
Manuscripts Exhibited in Connection with the
8th Session of the Indian Historical Records Commission in
Delhi” Indian Historical Records Commission Proceeding 8 (1925): 45-56; Nadhiriya Public Library’s catalog by Muhammad Mahdi Ghawri, Fihrist-I
kutub-I qalami: Arabi, Farsi, Urdu, (Delhi, 1941) shows a number of
manuscripts some of which has gone into the Indian Institute of Islamic Studies
collection, according to Prof. Gopi Chand Narang, as cited in Riza Ali Abidi, Kutub khanah, (Karachi:
Saad Publications, 1985), p. 127; and Chand Husayn Shaikh,
A Concise Catalogue of Manuscripts and Mughal Documents Relating to Khan Bahadur
Zafar Husan, (Delhi, 1946). The following titles are akin
to union catalogs: Dihli ke Urdu makhtutat ki wadahati fihrist,
edited by H.K. Kaul
and Salah al-Din Khan, (New Delhi: Anjuman-I Taraqqi-I Urdu, 1975)
and the same writer’s Urdu
Manuscripts: A Descriptive Bibliography of Manuscripts
in Delhi Libraries, (New Delhi:
Heritage Publishers, 1977)
Anjuman-i
Tarrqi-yi Urdu Library
Introduction: The Anjuman is the
leading organization for the non-official promotion of Urdu language and
literature. It was founded in
Catalog (s): Muhammad Abrar Husayn Faruqi, “Fihrist-i makhtutat-i kutub khanah-i Anjuman-i Tarraqi-i Urdu,” Urdu Adab (March 1953); (July 1954); Fihrist-i nuskhah’ha-yi khatti-i Farsi-i Kitabkhanah-i Anjuman-i Tarraqi-i Urdu, (New Delhi: Markaz-i Tahqiqat-i Farsi, Rayzani Farhangi-i Jumhuri-i Islami-i Iran, 1999)
Dargah of Shah
Abu al-Khayr
Introduction: This is the private collection of Mawlana Abu al-Hasan Zayd Faruqi. An obituary on the Mawlana
appeared in Radiance 19-25 December 1993, p. 12.
Catalog: Shaista
Khan, “Dihli ki Dargah Shah Abu al-Khayr ke Makhtutat ki
Fihrist, » Khuda Bakhsh Library Journal 102 (1995): 247-329.
Works on the history or individual manuscripts in the library:
Nizam al-Din Ahmad Kazimi, “ Tafsir Kashif
al-Haqayiq ka Nadir Makhtutah,”
Burhan (June 1976): 55-59; Isam
Muhammad al-Shanti, al-Makhtutat
al-Arabiyyah fi al-Hind,
(Kuwait: Maahad al-Makhtutat
al-Arabiyyah, 1985), pp. 14-15.
Ghalib
Institute
Introduction:
The Institute dedicated to the life and works
of Mirza Asad Allah Khan Ghalib, 1797-1869), the eminent Persian and Urdu poet.
Catalog (s): Fihrist-i nuskhah’ha-yi khatti-i Farsi Anistitu-yi Ghalib, Dihli-i Naw, edited by Tawfiq Subhani, (Tehran: Farhangistan-i Zaban va Adab-i Farsi, 1997)
Hardayal
Municipal Public Library
Near Town Hall
Near Old
Introduction: It was set up in 1862 and considered the oldest
public library in
Catalog (s): Fihrist-i nuskhah’ha-yi khatti-i Farsi-i Kitabkhanah—Umumi-yi Hardayal, (New Delhi: Markaz-i Tahqiqat-i Farsi, Rayzani Farhangi-i Jumhuri-i Islami-i Iran, 1999)
Works on the history or individual manuscripts in the library:
“How about Mahabharat in
Persian.” The Tribune (
“A Library with a Grand
History.” http://www.thedelhicity.com/DelhiGuide/
Azad Bhavan
Indraprastha
Estate
Introduction: It was established in 1950, as the premier institution for the exposition of Indian culture.
Number of manuscripts: 140
Works on the history or individual manuscripts in the library:
See “al-Makhtutat al-Arabiya fi maktabat al-Majlis al-Hindi lil Alaqat al-Thaqafiya,” Al-Mawsim 2, v (1990): 264-267; Akhbar al-Turath al-Arabi, Tishrin al-Thani Kanun al-Awwal 1983, p. 13.
Isam Muhammad al-Shanti, al-Makhtutat al-Arabiyyah fi al-Hind, (Kuwait: Maahad al-Makhtutat al-Arabiyyah, 1985), pp.13-15; ; David Pinault, “An Investigation of Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Selected Indian Libraries,” Hamdard Islamicus 13, 2 (Summer 1990), pp.
Indian Institute of Islamic Studies
Tughlaqabad,
Introduction: The
Library was established in 1956. The
present location dates from 1977. An
introduction is found in Syed Ausaf
Ali, “ Indian
Number of manuscripts: 3619
Catalog (s): Fihrist-i kutub-i qalami shubah-i makhtutat: Arabi, Farsi, Urdu,
edited by M. al-Mahdi Jaafari,
(
A Catalogue of Arabic and Persian Medical Manuscripts in the Library of the Indian Institute of the History of Medicine and Medical Research, edited by Shabbir Ahmad Khan Ghawri, T. Siddiqi, and Syed Ausaf Ali, (New Delhi: The Institute, 196?)
Works on the history or
individual manuscripts in the library:
Isam Muhammad al-Shanti, al-Makhtut al-Arabiyyah fi al-Hind, (Kuwait: Maahad al-Makhtutat al-Arabiyyah, 1985), pp.13-15; ; David Pinault, “An Investigation of Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Selected Indian Libraries,” Hamdard Islamicus 13, 2 (Summer 1990), pp.74-75.
Fihrist-i nuskhah’ha-yi khatti-i Farsi-i Kitabkhanah-i Jamia Hamdard, (New Delhi: Markaz-i Tahqiqat-i Farsi, Rayzani Farhangi-i Jumhuri-i Islami-i Iran, 1999)
Janpath,
Website URL http://nationalarchives.nic.in/
Number of Manuscripts:
100
Catalog (s): Catalogue of Manuscripts of the Fort William College Collection in the National Archives of India Library, edited by R.K. Perti, (New Delhi: The Archives, 1989); Descriptive List of Miscellaneous Persian Documents, 1633-1867, edited by R.K. Perti, (New Delhi: National Archives of India, 1992)
Paul Sprachman, “Photographing
Islamic Manuscripts in
Website URL http://www.nationalmuseumindia.org/
Introduction:
Evidently there are some Arabic script manuscripts in the collection, see Paul Sprachman, “Photographing Islamic Manuscripts in India,”
South Asia Library Notes and Queries 13 (June 1982): 8-9, Isam Muhammad al-Shanti, al-Makhtut al-Arabiyyah fi al-Hind, (Kuwait: Maahad
al-Makhtutat al-Arabiyyah,
1985), pp. 10-11; Y.K. Bukhari, “The Manuscript of Tuzuk-i Jahangiri in the
Works on the history or
individual manuscripts in the library:
Barbara Schmitz and Nasim Akhtar, “
Important Illustrated Manuscripts in the
Ajmeri
Gate
Introduction: The College
is probably the oldest in
David Pinault, “An Investigation
of Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Selected Indian Libraries,” Hamdard Islamicus
13, 2 (Summer 1990), pp.73-75; Kabir Ahmad Jaysi, “Diwan-i Hafiz : Ek Hindustani Shayir Hafiz ke Diwan ka ek Nadir Makhtutah,” Maarif (Azamgarh) September 1975: 217-30.
Jamia Millia Islamiya
Jamia Nagar
Website URL http://jmi.nic.in/ZHL/Zhlibrary/htm
Introduction: The Jamia
itself was established in 1920 in
Number of Manuscripts: 2500
Catalog (s): Shahabuddin Ansari, “Fihrist-i makhtutat-i Farsi kitab khanah-yi Jamia Daktar Zakir Husayn,” Vahid (Tehran) 8, 11 ( 1973 ): 2-24; Fihrist-i nuskhah’ha-yi khatti-i Farsi-i Kitabkhanah-i Duktur Zakir Husayn, Jamiah Milliyah-i Islamiyah, (New Delhi: Markaz-i Tahqiqat-i Farsi, Rayzani Farhangi-i Jumhuri-i Islami-i Iran, 1999).
Works on the history or individual manuscripts in the library:
Isam Muhammad al-Shanti, al-Makhtutat al-Arabiyyah fi al-Hind, (Kuwait: Maahad al-Makhtutat al-Arabiyyah, 1985), pp.11-12; David Pinault, “An Investigation of Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Selected Indian Libraries,” Hamdard Islamicus 13, 2 (Summer 1990), p.75.