cevi Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 
book-cases in the middle room contain English and Urdi books 
and works written in fine handwriting. In the right-hand 
room there are books and MSS. in the Pushto, Turkish and 
Persian languages, and in the left-hand room are only Arabi¢ 
books and MSS. 
n the meantime General Muhammad A‘zam al-Din Khan 
who was in charge of the library was assassinated. From the 
14th of April, a.H. 1309 = a.p. 1891, the charge of the library 
was given to Nawwab Yarjang. On the 29th June, a.H. 1308 
= A.D. 1891, Major Vincent came to Rampore as the President 
of the Council, and appointed Hamid al-Zafar Khan as the 
Secretary of the Council, and entrusted him with the charge of 
the library. At the suggestion of Major Vincent, Hamid al- 
Zafar Khan separated and arranged the books and MSS. accord- 
ing to their languages. On the 3lst March, a.n. 1309 = A.D. 
1892, Major Vincent opened the library formally. When the 
library was under the management of the Council, MSS. con- 
tinued to be added to the number already in stock 
household, in the place of Hakim Muhammad Ajmal Khan, 
ii : taking: 
my Wor 
rks? 38 
help to 
Orientalists and scholars in making researches. I am informes 
by the present Superintendent that the number of Arabic # 
Persian MSS. was 8,587 up to September 1915, and of pare 
books 13,503, but Mr. Beveridge * has noted the number of Mi 
as 8,720 in the J.R.4.S., 1901, p. 74. 
| See my Notes, J.4.8.B., Vol. XIII, 1917, No. 25 P- IRI: shad 
_ 2 For Persian Catalogue of Ram pore see my Urdu article, published 
in es sees Gazette, 13th March 1918, p. 6», ue ae a 
Mr. Beveridge ha i Arabic : 
‘Turkish MSS -__ ge has noted only the following 7 ’ 
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