lxxxviii DESCRIPTIVE NOTES ON LIBRARIES 



(who died in b.s. 1312 == a.d. 1905), to the Government of 

 India and was incorporated with the Imperial Library under 

 certain conditions. It contains 468 Arabic MSS., 522 Persian 

 MSS., and 1,500 printed works, representing the various branches 

 of Muhammadan literature. 



It appears from Mr. Beveridge's article (J.R.A.S. of 1901, 

 p. 82) that when he visited the library to find another copy of 

 Gulbadan Begam's Memoirs, which was the main object of his 

 journey, he saw only two beautifully illuminated Persian MSS. 

 amongst others in the library, namely Shahnamah and Hakim 

 SanaTs famous work. In the contents of the library there are 

 now several interesting, rare and old MSS. 



In conclusion, I take the opportunity to express my in- 

 debtedness to Mawlavl Sayyid 'Abd-Allah al-Musavi, B.A., 

 son of the second M. Sayyid Sadr al-Din ; for the very valuable 

 information that he gave me regarding the library. Owing to 

 the complete absence of records it would have been impossible 

 for me to have learnt the facts from any other source. 



