A Catalogue of the Arabic, Persian and Hindu'sta'ny Manuscripts, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from A Catalogue of the Arabic, Persian and Hindu'sta'ny Manuscripts, Vol. 1: Of the Libraries of the King of Oudh, Compiled Under the Orders of the Government of IndiaIt is unfortunately the habit of the king's people merely to count the volumes, and to make the librarian responsible for the numbers not diminishing. The consequence is that many good books have been abstracted and bad ones put in their place. There are at least one hundred copies of the Gulistan and as many of Yusof a Zalykha in the Topkhanah, which apparently fill the places of more valuable works. I have heard that a late librarian sold in one week eleven hundred Rupees worth of books to provide funds for the marriage of his daughter.In making this statement I beg to say that I have every reason to speak highly of the present Daréghahs or librarians, and that I consider them perfectly honest. They are very civil men, more particularly one of the two librarians in the Topkhanah, and it is much to be regretted that men like him had not charge of the library from the commencement.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.