MADHYA PRADESH

Maulana Azad Central Library

State Archives

Old Secretariat

Bhopal 462001

Introduction: This is the private library of the former rulers of Bhopal, and named after Hamidullah Khan, the last Nawab. In 1955, the Library was renamed after Maulana Azad. See an early introduction by Sayyid Sulayman Nadwi, “Kutub Khanah-yi Hamidiyah,” Maarif (Azamgarh) December 1936: 405-411. In 2002, it moved from its location on Itwara Road to the present site.

Catalog (s): Fihrist-i nuskhah’ha-yi khatti-i kitabkhanah-i Hamidiyah-i Bhopal, edited by Syed Ahmad Husayni, (Delhi: Markaz-i Tahqiqat-i Zaban-i Farsi dar Hind, 1986); Fihrist-i Makhtutat-i Farsi, Hamidiyah Library, Bhopal, (Patna: Khuda Bakhsh Library, 1995). A typescript list of the manuscripts in English letters in the present author’s collection.

National Archives of India

Regional Office

Civil Lines

Bhopal 462002

Introduction: Contains some Persian manuscripts, mainly pertainling to the central India’s princely states such as Bhopal. .

Sitamau, Mandsaur

Shri Raghubir Sinh Library

Shri Natnagar Shodh-Samsthan

Sitamau, Mandsaur 458990

Introduction: Sitamau was a small principality headed by a Rathore/Rajput family. One of the princes, Maharaja Raghubir Sinh, 1908-91, collected a large collection of manuscripts. N.B. Roy, “Raghubir Library,” pp. 281-285, in Essays Presented to Sir Jadunath Sarkar, vol. II, edited by Hari Ram Gupta, (Hoshiarpur: Dept. of History, Panjab University, 1958)

Catalog (s): A Hand list of Important Historical Manuscripts in the Raghubir Library, edited by Raghubir Sinh, (Sitamau: The Library, 1949); A Catalague of Persian Manuscripts and Records in the Shri Raghubir Library, edited by A.H. Nizami, (New Delhi:D.K. Publishers, 1993)

Works about the Individual Manuscripts and the History of the library:

See B.P. Ambashthya, “Some Letters from Jaipur Records (Persian) in Sir Jadunath Sarkar’s Collection at Dr. Raghubir Sinh’s Library,” Indian Historical Records Commission Proceedings 35 (1960): 23-30; ibid, Indian Historical Records Commission Proceedings 36, ii (1961): 99-103; A.H. Nizami, “Reminiscences,” pp. 149-151, who cataloged the Persian manuscripts in the book Princely Historian : Commemoration volume of Maharajkumar Dr. Raghubir Sinh, edited by K.S. Rathore (Jaipur : Shri Natnagar Shodh-Samsthan, Sitamau, and Publication Scheme, 1994)

Vikram Kirti Mandir

Vikram University

Scindia Oriental Manuscripts Library

Ujjain 456010

Introduction: The library has a number of Arabic and Persian manuscripts.

Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts Collected till the End of March 1935 and Preserved in the Oriental Manuscripts Library, Ujjain, (Gwalior, 1936)