The Archive

Letters & Manuscripts

پرانے خطوط، مخطوطات اور خطاطی

The handwritten letters of Ghalib & Iqbal, rare manuscripts and old correspondence — digitised and free to read online.

Letterscan

Iqbal’s Letter to Jinnah

اقبال کا خط بنام جناح

Allama Iqbal·1937

Manuscriptscan

Manuscript of the Diwan-e-Ghalib

دیوانِ غالب کا مخطوطہ

Mirza Ghalib·c. 1841

Calligraphyscan

Bismillah in Tughra

بسم اللہ — طغرہ

Unknown·18th c.

Letterscan

Letters of Faiz from Prison

فیض کے زندان نامے

Faiz Ahmed Faiz·1951

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Folio from a Persian Shahnama

شاہنامہ کا ورق

Firdawsi (copy)·16th c.

Calligraphyscan

Nasta‘liq Practice Sheet

نستعلیق مشق

Master scribe·19th c.

Letterscan

Sir Syed’s Correspondence

سرسید کے مکاتیب

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan·1870

Manuscriptscan

Quranic Manuscript — Kufic

قرآنی مخطوطہ — کوفی

Unknown·11th c.

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Ghalib’s Persian Qasida

غالب کا فارسی قصیدہ

Mirza Ghalib·c. 1850