Bahawalpur Central Library
Pakistani library
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The Bahawalpur Central Library (Urdu: سنٹرل لائبریری بھاولپور), also known as Sadiq Reading Library, is a library in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. It was founded on 8 March 1924 by Sir Rufus Daniel Issacs during the coronation year of Sadeq Mohammad Khan V.[1][2][3] It cost 100,000 rupees by Bahawalpur State and is the second largest library in the province of Punjab.[1][2]
Architecture
The library is one of the buildings built by the Nawabs that was designed in a hybrid Neo-Gothic-Victorian style.[3] Unlike other royal buildings, arches in the library are not multi-foiled, but are instead single-foiled.
A porch wraps around some of the building, and has an octagonal tower with Jali work on its arches, and stylized Victorian scrolls at its base.[3]
Collections
The library is divided into three sections: Main Hall, children's books section and audio visual archive section.[2]
The library's collection includes older editions of newspapers.[2] It has over 100,000 books,[2][4] and contains a repository of historic documents related to the state of Bahawalpur and Khwaja Ghulam Farid.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Bahawalpur Central Library: A treasure trove for bibliophiles - The Express Tribune". 25 April 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Jajja, Sumaira (11 June 2017). "HERITAGE: BAHAWALPUR'S BEST KEPT SECRETS".
- ^ a b c d Vandal, Sajida (2011). "Cultural Expressions of South Punjab" (PDF). UNESCO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ admin. "best sites in bahawalpur – Pakizine". Retrieved 30 April 2021.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Central Library, Bahawalpur.
- Lets go:Bahawalpur library BBC Urdu
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