The Muslim Library

The Muslim library was founded in May 1912 by a team of Muslim intellectuals. They all saw the need for a public place for intellectual learning. According to them, everyone's reading experience should be free of retrograde beliefs and political constriction. The Muslim library is located in the small and packed bylanes of Shivajinagar. The library, which contains rare and significant Urdu and Persian manuscripts, is a treasure mine of heritage and great works of literature.

During the past decades, the Muslim library has been visited and mentioned by lots of illustrious figures such as Muhammad Iqbal (1929), author Syed Sulaiman (1925), Seemab Akbarabadi, the poet Josh Malihabadi, and the poet Jigar Moradabadi (all in 1942), and Baba-e-Urdu Maulvi Haq, chief editor of the Urdu journal Shair (1937).

The library is typically supported by its patrons and trustees. The current manager of the library, Ayub A. Khan, states, "We do not like to take government monies or donations from any political organizations, since such funding would undermine our purpose."

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Address: Ambedkar Veedhi Gandhi Nagar

Timing: 8 a.m - 11 a.m, 6 p.m - 9 p.m (except holidays)