Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c17.183

c17.183

'Abdul-Raḥīm had a library to which many learned men used to come for study and self-improvement.³ We are left in the dark as to how big his library was. Pictures of old libraries of Muhammadan gentlemen of India or of any other place are very rare. I append hereto a representation of an ancient library at Ḥulwān, in Persia, a country very near to Raḥīm's father's birthplace, Badakshan. It satisfies our curiosity as to several points regarding the internal arrangement of the library.⁴