Bahawalpur Central Library

Pakistani library

Bahawalpur Central Library
سنٹرل لائبریری بھاولپور

Bahawalpur Central Library was built in 1924

29°23′28″N 71°41′06″E﻿ / ﻿29.391016°N 71.684933°E﻿ / 29.391016; 71.684933
Location| Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Type| Academic library
Established| 1924

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

[edit]

Interior of the library

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

[edit]

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

[edit]

1. ^ a b "Bahawalpur Central Library: A treasure trove for bibliophiles - The Express Tribune". 25 April 2017.
2. ^ a b c d e Jajja, Sumaira (11 June 2017). "HERITAGE: BAHAWALPUR'S BEST KEPT SECRETS".
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ admin. "best sites in bahawalpur – Pakizine". Retrieved 30 April 2021.

## External links

[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Central Library, Bahawalpur.

* Lets go:Bahawalpur library BBC Urdu

* v
* t
* e

Libraries in Pakistan

Islamabad|

* National Library of Pakistan
* Supreme Court of Pakistan library

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|

* Khushal Khan Khattak Memorial Library
* Parachinar Public Library
* Peshawar Public Library and Archives

Punjab|

* Bahawalpur Central Library
* Cantonment Public Library
* Dyal Singh Trust Library
* Masood Jhandir Research Library
* Municipal Library Rawalpindi
* Punjab Public Library, Lahore
* Quaid-e-Azam Library

Sindh|

* Bait al Hikmat
* Denso Hall
* Hasrat Mohani Library
* Khaliq Dina Hall
* Liaquat National Memorial Library

* Category

* v
* t
* e

Tourist attractions in Bahawalpur

Houses, palaces and gates|

* Darbar Mahal
* Fareed Gate
* Noor Mahal
* Gulzar Mahal

libraries and museums|

* Bahawalpur Central Library
* Bahawalpur Museum

Graves, mosques and tombs|

* Abbasi Mosque
* Al-Sadiq Mosque

Forts|

* Bijnot Fort
* Derawar Fort

Educational institutes|

* Sadiq Dane High School
* Sadiq Public School

Others|

* Bahawalpur Airport
* Bank of Bahawalpur
* Bahawalpur railway station
* Bahawal Stadium
* Bahawalpur Zoo
* Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park

* Bahawalpur
* Portal

This article about a Pakistani building or structure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template