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DESCRIPTIVE NOTES ON LIBRARIES. 
MuvRSHIDABAD. 
(26) Sayyid Abu’l Hasan Library, Murshidabad. 
supervision on the part of the present owner, who is inclined 
to dispose of them, together with the instruments. 
(27) M. Sayyid Asad-Allah Jalal al-Din Library, Murshidabad. 
This library was founded by the owner’s father, who had 
the title of “ Malik al-Ulama’,” and was a Shi‘ah Mujtahid. 
“e condition of the library is very bad. The MSS. are ma 
disorderly state and are much spoilt owing to the dilapidated 
State of the building in which the library is located. There 
hipaa The owner is willing to dispose of whatever now remains 
‘ the collection, It is a pity that a library, at one time evl- 
ently of great value, should have fallen into rum owing to 
N. of proper care, consequent on the poverty of the owner. 
‘o MS. worth noticing could be found in the library, which does 
Rot possess a catalogue or any means of obtaining. informa- 
tion of its contents. 
(°8) Khan Bahadur Diwan Fadl-i-Rabbi! Library, Murshidabad. 
wi This library contains only fifty Persian MSS., most of 
je ch are well-known historical and biographical works. - 
tnd two historical MSS. worth noticing, one entitled Dastir 
Hinty For his life see the Masnad of Murshidabad by P. C. Majumdar 
"Y Of Murshidabad by Col. J. H. Tull Walsh. 
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