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Sh7ah religion known as the Usul. The four books on Hadis, which 
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are considered to be the great authorities of the Shi’ahs, and upon 
Faqih ; (c) Tahdib-ul-Ahkam, and (d) Istibsar, are 400 books. And 
f these s about 92 Usuls, 20 are in this library, 12° 
are in the library of the late Syed Taqi in Lucknow, and 60 are in 
the library of the late Maulavi Gulshan Ali at Jonepore. 
ere is a book here named Kitab-ul-Munammaq, by Abu 
Ja‘far Muhammad bin Habib}Hashimi Baghdadi, died A.H. 245. 
It is a history of the tribe of Quraish. This unique copy belongs 
to the 13th century. 
IT. Library of the late Maulavi Abdul Hai. 
This library was founded by the late Maulavyi Abdul Hakim, 
father of Maulavi Abdul Hai. It is now in the possession of Mufti 
Muhammad Yusuff, the son-in-law of the late Maulavi Abdul Hai. | 
There is a manuscript catalogue in this library in which the books 
are arranged and classified according to the different subjects they 
treat of. The number of pamphlets on different subjects that are 
to be found here is very remarkable. I had a copy of this catalogue 
made for purposes of reference. This library contains some 4,000 
volumes of ancient and modern authors. 
II. Library of Maulavi Abdur Ra’uf. 
Razzaq, but it is now i e possession of his grandson Maulavi 
Abdur Ra’uf. The books are better arranged here than in the 
other two libraries. There is a manuscrip gue in ich 
In this library, however, the works of modern authors, 7.e., those 
authors who flourished after the 8th century Hejira are more nu- 
merous than in the other libraries. 
The following are the more interesting small libraries of 
Lucknow :— 
1. Library of Nawab Mehdi Hasan. 
2. Library of Meer Agha. 
3. Library of Maulavi Loft-i-Hosain. 
As to the purchase of manuscripts, I beg to say that the total 
number of books bought for the Asiatic Society of Bengal is 113. 
This comprises books on almost all branches of literature and 
