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Centuries-old rare manuscripts of Sufi literature and rare Qurans in Arabic, Persian, Kashmiri and Urdu languages are now available in digitalised version, courtesy Kashmir University.
By Suhail Ahmed
Srinagar, July 25 : Centuries-old rare manuscripts of Sufi literature and rare Qurans in Arabic, Persian, Kashmiri and Urdu languages are now available in digitalised version, courtesy Kashmir University.
This invaluable literature is now available online for discerning scholars and research students.
It was made possible by experts from the National Mission of Manuscripts of Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, who converted about 363 rare manuscripts, into digitalised form. The manuscripts, some of them 300 to 400-years-old, were lying in a precarious condition and needed urgent attention.
Riyaz Rufai, Librarian of the Allama Iqbal Library of the Kashmir University, said: "We contacted the National Mission of Manuscripts seeking help in preserving these manuscripts so that it could also be used by students in future. We wanted to preserve these rare manuscripts for posterity."
The assignment took a four-member team to produce a digitalised version of a whopping 60,000 pages of manuscripts.
The manuscripts include Mathnawi Moulvi Rumi, Akbar Nama Shreen-Khusrao Khushkhat (Persian), Duri Mukhtar, Risala Jalaliya (Arabic), Duri Yateem, Ramzan Nama (Kashmiri) and Diwan Ghalib, Bayazi Rubaiyat (Urdu).
Saleem Sadiq, a Kashmir University student, said: "These manuscripts are rare and very old. We used to suffer a lot, as the quality of these manuscripts was very bad and pages were worn out. Besides, we could not take them with us. Now available in the CD format, we can use them anywhere and any time.
Said Zahoor- Ul- Islam, another student, said: "It is good that the manuscripts have been digitized and preserved so that the coming generation can also make proper use of it. This way it will remain safe and offer a great benefit to all of us."The University now plans to digitize a rare collection of books in the Library, which would be available for students and researchers online.
ANI
