Persian Manuscripts. cecxli 
an! (d. a.u. 1036=4.p. 1626), the prime minister of Akbar the 
Great; at the end of the MS., it appears that this interest- 
ing MS. was presented? by the Emperor Akbar* to Bayram 
1 Another “> hae bie A note by the same Ste os begs pee the 
manner of taking omens from the Qu’ran is on the last a Qur’an, 
which is in the A.S.B. Govt. collection, ah , No. 1; see de < eb, 
10, p. xxix. (This splendid copy of t e Qur'an formerly belonged to 
his library. The Khankhandn had a big and very guage library at 
hmadabad. containing» many valuable, rare works a good and 
learne staff was ee to ys Mulla ‘Abd al- Salam of Bahraich, 
Shuja* Mulla Md. Hus Mir Baqi Mawaré’ al-Nahri and Miyan 
im were i sicintonden te sod Talsoildars of the Imp library. Mulla 
Muhammad Amin Khurasani, a gilder of MSS. ( ys Jb ) and inventor 
| 8&9 ) of Abri paper, was in the eb oiat on a salary of Rs 4,000 a 
month. Mushfiq, Madhi, Bahbid, Miyaén Nadim (brother ml Fahim), 
Mulla Md. Amin were gilders and sili Ati of MSS., and one of the 
famous calligraphers was Mulla ‘Abd al-Rahim par Sere wy spake 
‘ad in the das Many learned men used to come for study and self- 
improve t in the library. be Khankhanan’s life and library see 
te Gthir-i Rahimi of ‘Abd al Baqi Nahawandi (MS. copy A. S.B. Lib. No. 
268, leat 480), Magalal-Shibli [Urdal, pp. 135-152, al-Nadwah 1909, No. 3, 
P pe! and Darbar Akbari, pp. 567-656). 
Anon ab wae r Bada’tni also was presented with a Copy of the 
his : e Emperor Akbar took — delight in inet — of MSS. for 
brary. Some of the er a ey Maing al libra e kept in the 
ag and the rest in the ire He ait bosdetiey provisions 
or the as ore oF rl librs sia oe the MSS. we re classed unde r 
mexicee. Or ories. (See Gladwin, pp. 84, 85; and "Darbar Akbart, 
é. 114, ng to I‘timfd Khan 
Ujrati during the conquest of Guj It sedeninee many rare, unique 
Tarikh Bada’s, h we Ne 
leaf 58, aril unt, Elliot V, p. 519, 7 arith Akbari, - ba in A.S.B. Lib., 
. ures 
in 
October 1605 [= 4H. 1014], the books, ‘ written by great men. mos 
nt ie serious authors.’ adorned with extrem 
to from Rs 27 to Rs. ain xe. ange 
‘ 30, according to the 
alla poet otal value similarly was equivalent to Rs. “648. 373 or 737, 169. 
uhammad Khan, who was a teac acher of the Emperor, was 
one ti ow J ‘A 
sg the superintendent of the library (see 7. tbari, MS. copy 1 
brothe: .o*! 42. and Darbar Akbar, p. 755) and ‘Shaykh Abu’l Khayr, 
a of Abu’l Fadl, was also so superintendent of the library 
r Akbari, p. 356). Ghiyath-Allah of sake wae also librarian 
Cat., p. 221) When Faydi di e left also a big eure | 
6 300 choice MSS., some of which were exquisitely copied w! ‘ 
tive auth, and expense. Most - them were gre their respec 
®t all rom rs OF were at le copied by their contemporaries. sabes 
in three qj a to _ che, 0 s library and catalogued number 
