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DESCRIPTIVE NOTES ON LIBRARIES 



LUCKNOW. 



(1) Mawlavi 'Abd al-Bari Lib., Firangi Mahall. 



The real founder of this library was Mulla 'A. Razzaq (d. 

 a.h. 1295 - A.i). 1877) grandfather of M, 'A. Barl, the present 

 owner of the library and successor of the deceased. There are 

 about 1,000 MSS. in the library, most of which are Com- 

 mentaries on the Qur'an, Tradition, Law, Theology, Belles- 

 lettres, Theosophy and Philosophy. The library has a subject 

 catalogue in MS. I have inspected almost all the MSS. with 

 the exception of a few valuable MSS. locked up in book cases. 

 The owner is engaged in writing a commentary on a well-known 

 Sufi work entitled Fusus alHikam ( +£^\ ^^ ) bv Muhvl al- 

 Dln B. al-<Arabl. ' ' / r 



(2) M. <Abd al-Hayy Lib., Firangi Mahall 



This library was founded by Mulla 'A. Hakim (d. a.h. 1258 

 = a.d. 1842), father of M. Abu'l-Hasanat A.' Hayy (b. a.h. 1265 

 = a.d. 1848; d. a.h. 1304 = a.d. 1885), the celebrated modern 

 Oriental savant who died in the prime of life at the age of 39 



years 



The library is now under the control of Mufti Md.Yusuf, 

 the son-in-law of the Mawlavi, and is not open to the public. 

 It has a good collection of Arabic and Persian MSS. and has 

 a subject catalogue in MS. 



Mujtahid 



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This library is well known in Lucknow, and was founded 

 by M. Hamid Hu., father of the present owner. The library is 

 reserved for the SJii'ahs. I had access to it through the influ- 

 ence of some Shi * ah gentlemen , and could inspect only a few MSS. 

 with much difficulty. The library appeared to have a fine col- 

 lection of MSS. When I again went to Lucknow with the main 

 object of visiting the library in question with a letter of intro- 

 duction from the Society to the Commissioner, I was informed 

 on my arrival at Lucknow that the Commissioner had left for 

 the Hills. I could not therefore visit the library again. 



.a i^- 6 i^Jl^'^ama-i-Firangl Mahall for lives of M. 'A. RazzSq, 

 •A. Halim, «A. Hayy, and 'A. Barl. 



