Among Zoroastrian burial items, there is a camel-shaped zoomorphic OSTADON lying there. It was found…
Rampur City, famous for articulate daggers and caps was the seat of erstwhile Princely Estate of the same name ruled by the Rohilla Chiefs as Nawwābs.
The Rampur Estate, which earned a name in patronizing various arts and artists, was founded by the Nawwāb Faiḍ-Allah Khān (reign 1774 – 1794 C.E.). It was during his rule when the foundation of the Library was laid in the toshakhāna of the palace, comprising art objects, documents, books and paintings which the Nawwāb inherited.
Nawwāb Muḥammad Yūsuf ʻAlī Khān (reign 1855 – 1865 C.E.), a poet himself and a disciple of Mīrzā Ghālib (d. 1869 C.E.), had a great love for literature. He shifted the Library to the newly constructed portion and called binders & illuminators from Kashmir and other parts of India to serve.
Nawwāb Kalb-i ʻAlī Khān (reign 1865 – 1887 C.E.) was a distinguished scholar and book-lover. He commissioned connoisseurs to collect manuscripts, paintings, art objects and thus enormously enriched the collection. Nawwāb Ḥāmid ʻAlī Khān (reign 1889 – 1930 C.E.) shifted the collection to the qilʻa (fort) premises in 1892 C.E. Nawwāb Riḍā ʻAlī Khān, the last Nawwāb who survived till 1966 C.E., took immense interest in the Library and acquiring several books and paintings. He is also remembered for his love for Indian Music.
You can learn more about the topic in the book-album "Literary legacy of Uzbekistan in the Collection of the Rampur raza Library" (volume XXXIII) in the series "Cultural legacy of Uzbekistan in the Collections of the World".
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