lxxxvi DESCRIPTIVE NOTES ON LIBRARIES. 



Mahbub al-Albab. Written 



graphed at Hyderabad in the Deccan when he was Chief Justice 

 there: it is dated a.h. 1314 = a. d. 1896. 



After the death of the founder, a descriptive Catalogue of 

 Persian poetry in three volumes was compiled by Khan Sahib 



M. 'Abd al-Muqtadir who is at present working on the historical 

 MSS. * 



The first volume deals with the poets from Firdawsi to 

 Hafiz, the period thus covered extending from the 11th to the 

 14th centuries of the Christian era. The second' volume includes 

 the works of the poets of Iran, Turan, and Hindustan, who 

 flourished during the 15th and 16th centuries The third volume 

 completes the description of the works of Persian poetry con- 

 tained in the library, and deals with poets, both Persian and 

 Indian, who flourished during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. 

 The 4th volume, dealing with the Arabic works on medicine, 

 was prepared by Dr. 'Azim al-Dtn Ahmad, Ph.D. 



The chief feature of the collection is that, apart from 

 being full of ancient Arabic works on medicine, it is according 

 to Dr Ross " even richer in the writings of Indian authors who 

 have done so much for the collection and preservation of older 

 works and the adaptation of the ancient system of medicine to 

 their own surroundings and requirements.'' 



m « ^ 0t ¥u V ° lume on Arabic MSS « on Tradition, compiled by 

 M. Abd al-Hamid , is in the press. A hand-list of the Arabic and 

 Persian books and MSS. is also in course of publication by the 

 same Mawlavl. 



For notices on the library, vide Mr. Beveridge's Notes on 

 P^smnand Arabic MSS. in Indian Libraries (J.R.A S., for 1901, 

 p. »U), Mr. EG. Browne's article in the J.R.A.S. 1910, p. 207, 

 fcastwick s Handbook for Bengal (Murrav), the preface to 

 Vol. I of the Bankipore O.P. Library, written by Dr. E. 

 Uenison Ross Ph.D., CLE., the preface to the Ramvore State 

 ^raryUrdu Catalogue (page 2). For fuller details see the Life 

 of Uuda Bakhsh, founder of the library, by his eldest son 



415,-^ BakM >' M ' A " BCL - (Oxon), Bar.-at-law, and 

 AMMotesof Aurangzeb, Historical Essays, pp. 227-242, by J. N. 

 Sarkar, M.A., Professor, Patna College 



(24) Muradabad 'Library. 



lonJ^M a l ma, }\ Ubrar ~ v containing about 50 MSS. It be- 

 disnosW T$ l Ahmad - A11 ^ of Rampore who is desirous of 



onlv T 1 u i ° Wlng t0 m y sfca y at Muradabad for a day 

 only, I could not see the other libraries of the city. 



(25) Buhar Library, Burdwan. 



Din T wl a S°!i elibrary Was fou nded by Mun>hl Sayyid Sadr al- 

 Din, who died m a.h. 1211 = a.d. 1796, at Buhar in Burdwan. 



