Descriptive Notes on Libraries. eev 
by distinguished writers. Among many others the following 
earned men and poets were attached to his Court :— 
Sa‘d-Allah Mufti, ‘Abd al-Haqq Khayrabadi! (son of Maw- 
lana Fadl-i-Haqq) and Daga, the well-known Urda poet of India, 
etc. The Nawwab appointed Munshi Amir Ahmad,’ poetically 
called Mina’z, to prepare an alphabetical catalogue of the lib- 
tary; but unfortunately Mina’? left Rampore for Lucknow, 
before the work was done. 
The Nawwab purchased many valuable, interesting, rare 
and unique MSS. in his time, and many dealers in MSS. from 
distant countries used to come to him. He purchased the Sad 
Pand Lugmiin ( wed iy ne ) for Rs. 1,000. Books and MSS. 
in his time were purchased at an outlay of Rs. 43,608. 
After Nawwab Kalb ‘Ali Khan, Nawwab Mushtaq ‘Ali 
Nawwab Mushta Khan (4.4 1304-1306 = a.p. 1887-1889) 
‘Ali Khan, «Sat. on the Gaddi. During his tenure of 
iG power, which was only two years, he did 
much to improve the status of the library. He added to the 
collection 323 volumes, purchased when he was the _heir- 
apparent, and appointed Bakhshi ‘Abd al-Rahim as the libra- 
man, and many scribes, calligraphers, gilders, binders, folio- 
turers, two registrars, etc. Se aCe 
A book register was prepared for the library in his time, 
and six learned men were appointed to enter the books and 
- in it with their full details. Among these was Mawlavi 
Md. Tayyib, an Arab who died in a.1. 1335 = a.v. 1916. The 
Nawwab appointed General Muhammad A‘zam al-Din Khan 
as the chief officer of the library. The General was a great 
Patron of learning and was very fond of collecting books and 
» SS. The Nawwab laid the foundation of a new library build- 
ng, but he died before it was finished. Books and MSS. to the 
Value of Rs. 7 885 were purchased in his time. « 
Nawwab Mushtaq Ali Khin was succeeded gl Pci 
x _ ., Md. Hamid ‘Ali Khan in 4.n. | = A.D. 
i kha Seals 1888 (the present Nawwab of Rampore). 
ss The construction of the library building 
“88 completed in his time in A H. 1309 = A.D. 1891 at an out- 
40,000. 
Mees 
EAOt Banc w ; lavi of the Calcutta 
adras 3 as for some time Head Mawla 
Fer Pr. » Vor the history of the Calcutta Madrasah see Bengal Past — 
2 eevttt Vol. VIII, Nos. 15 and 16. 
uthor of Invikhab Yadgar, etc., ete. 
