Around 13,000 are in Urdu, 2,500 in Arabic, 3,500 in Persian and 160 in Turkish. This section contains around 19,000 printed books. The library also has a biography of Guru Nanak "Janam Sakhi" The collection also has translations of important literary works for example, "The Ocean of Stories" is an English translation of "Katha Sarit Sagara" The library has a huge collection of books on history of the entire world.
One of them is a book presented to Sir Salar Jung I by Queen Victoria titled "Leaves” from the journal of our life in the Highlands from 1848 to 1861". There are certain autographed titles in the collection. The oldest book in the library is: "General history of the Turks" by Richard Knolles, 1631 A.D. It covers a variety of subjects ranging History, Philosophy, Engineering, Biology, Literature and Biography. consists of nearly 40,000 books and is also having rare book collections. On an average, ten persons a day use the library to enrich and expand the origins of their learning. Research scholars (both from India and abroad) regularly visit the Library apart from the staff of the Museum. The library is constantly replenished with latest arrivals covering subjects like Art, Sculpture, Paintings, Ceramic Arts, Decorative Arts, Museology, Tourism etc. The oldest book in the collection is an English volume printed in 1631 A.D. It also includes collection of religious books on Islam, Hinduism, Christianity and other religions. A paramount feature of this vast collection is that it covers a plethora of specialized fields of learning ranging from the fields of Art, Architecture, Archaeology, Physical, Biological and Social Sciences, Literature, History and Travel. The English printed books include research journals, albums of rare photographs and valuable engravings. The rich collection of the Library consists of 62,772 printed books of which 41,208 are in English, 13,027 in Urdu, 1108 in Hindi, 1105 in Telugu, 3,576 in Persian, 2,588 in Arabic and 160 in Turkish languages. The Library and the Manuscripts Sections are situated on the 2nd floor. It was given the shape of a well-knit and full-fledged library by Nawab Mir Turab Ali Khan, Salar Jung I, which was further augmented and developed by his son Nawab Mir Laiq Ali Khan, Salar Jung II and finally by Nawab Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, the Salar Jung III. The origin of some of the collection dates to 1656 A.D. The Salar Jung Museum Library includes a collection of books and manuscripts acquired by the Salar Jung's family. Calligraphers, artists and book binders all did their best in showing their respective arts and have thus paid their tributes to the written word.
It contains many gems of calligraphic art and ornate embellishment items with gorgeous decoration and an artistic blending of colours with a profuse use of gold, mineral colours that lavishly used lapis lazuli for blue, pearl for white, shangraf for red and Zabarjad (emerald) for green. The manuscripts collection in the library, which possesses unique Specimens, is one of the richest in the world in terms of its quality. Salar Jung Museum Library opened to the public in 1961 by an Act of Parliament.
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