Raza Library
| Raza Library | |
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 The Rampur Raza Library
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| Library type | Public library |
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Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) 
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| Website | razalibrary.gov.in |
The Rampur Raza Library ( Hindi : रामपुर रज़ा किताब ख़ाना, Urdu : رام پور رضا کِتاب خانہ Rāmpur Razā Kitāb Khāna) in Rampur , Uttar Pradesh is a public library of Indo-Islamic culture and a source of knowledge for the past decades. The library was built in the 18th century by the successive nawabs of Rampur and is now administered by the government of India . It contains very rare and valuable collections of manuscripts, historical documents, copies of Islamic calligraphy, miniature paintings, astronomical instruments, and rare illustrated works in Arabic and Persian . The library also contains printed works in Sanskrit , Hindi , Urdu , Pashto (with the original manuscript of the first Quran translation in addition to other important books / documents), Tamil and Turkish , and around 30,000 printed books (including magazines) in various other languages.
Individual evidence
- ^ History of Raza Library. In: razalibrary.gov.in. Retrieved May 22, 2016 .