One of the attractions of the library of Islamia College Peshawar is its manuscripts collection. They are very historic, composed/printed thousands of years ago, and are very rare. There are some of them which cannot be found even in the libraries of the west/Europe. 

      The manuscripts are written on various subjects including Chemistry, Physics, mathematics, Religion, Astronomy etc.

      The oldest manuscript of the library is “Kitab-ul-Aghani” written by “Abul Farah Ali bin Hussain Asfahani” which is almost 1200 years old. This manuscript has four chapters i.e Biographies, Physics, Arabic grammar and poetry, written in Arabic Language. This is the best example of Kashmiri Art.

      There are total 1261 manuscripts which are written in different languages on various subjects. Details are as under: