Descriptive Notes on Libraries. eciii 
inhabitant of Mavi, near the town of Kahar in Rohilkhand, author 
of Jam-i-Jahin Numa,! composed in 4.H. 1193 = A.D. 1779, a 
general history, and Takmilat al-Shu‘ara,* biography of the poets ; 
Hakim Babar, author of Fusal-i-Fayd-Allah Khani, a medical 
work. By order of the Nawwab, a digest of Muhammadan Law, 
namely *‘ Fata@wa-i-Faud-Allah Khani,” was compiled in 3 vols. 
by the learned men of his Court on the model of the Fatawa-i- 
‘Alamgirt. A copy of this Fatawa is in the library. The Nawwab 
was very fond of collecting Arabic, Persian and Urdi MSS., but 
there is nothing to show how many volumes the Nawwab pur- 
chased, neither is there any catalogue of them. 
The successor of Nawwab Fayd-Allah Khan Bahadur was 
Mes Savvid Nawwab Sayyid Muhammad ‘Ali Khan 
Md‘Ali Khan.” «© Bahadur (a.4. 1208-1209 =a.D. 1793- 
re 1794). There is no record as to how far 
le contributed to the library. 
awwab Haji Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bahadur succeed- 
as ed Nawwab Sayyid Muhammad “Ali Khan 
Ghulam a h Haji Bahadur in a.H. 1209 = 4.p. 1794, and 
Khan. uhammad vas on the Gaddi about four months. 
: ‘Two historical works, one in Persian by 
Rif‘at and another in Urdii by Mu‘azzam ‘Abbasi were dedicated 
to him e is said to have collected many rare and unique 
works during his journey to Kabul and Hijaz, but there 1s no 
trace of them in the library at the present day. : 
Nawwab Ghulam Muhammad was succeeded by Nawwab 
Ahmad ‘Ali Khan Bahadur (A.H. 1209-1256 
Nawwab | : 
Ali Khén aie = A.D. 1794-1840). There is no trace of 
nu. 1237 = a.D. 1821), and 
Hakim ‘Ata-Allah Khan, author of Tazkiraha-Khuld Bimethal. 
Nawwab Ahmad Ali Khan was succeeded by a 
N. Muhammad Sa‘id Khan (4.5. Lai 
et ea 28 a = a.p. 1840-1854). It appears that = 
Bahadur, <2 Nawwab purchased many books an 
MSS. for the library and prepared a cata- 
fe 927, Encyclopedia of Islam, p.584. Bahr al-‘ Uliim mo 
‘Abd containing many rare works (see Risalah-i-Quibiya 
lal-A‘la and al-Nadwah, 1910, No. 12, p. 7. 184 
2 — eget History of India, for details, Vol. Vi, pe 
0.8 Hy 
a’-i-Hind, p- 66, and Khaztn- 
at a Shah Ra’ if see Tazkirah-i-‘ Ulama’-1- 
tes * 301, 307 
a very nice 
, by his son 
Vol. II, p. 703. 
and 308. ‘Anbar Shah’s life and work see my Pers. Notes Nos. 
08, and Inti-khab Yadgar of Amir Min@’i, p. 4. 
