Book Index of Mirzā Ali Behzādī’s Library (Descendant of ‘Allāmeh Muḥaddith Nūrī) and the Purchase Document of the Library by Grand Ayatullāh Borujerdī (RA)

The following article introduces the library of Mirzā Ali Behzādī (a Descendant of Allāmeh Muḥaddith Nūrī), and the purchase document of this library by Grand Ayatollah Borujerdī and a list prepared for this purpose. A significant part of the books in this library belonged to the personal library of Allāmeh Mirzā Hussein Muḥaddith Nūrī, which was with Behzādī. These books are either sealed with his seal, or written in his handwriting, or Nūrī's works and compositions. Also, there are works written by Sheikh Faḍlullāh Nūrī (son-in-law of Allāmah Muḥaddith) or stamped with his seal in this collection. Behzādī’s library consists of 972 volumes of handwritten and printed books, which in 1375 A.H. were bought by Ayatollah Borujerdī for twenty thousand tomans. The mentioned list and document are kept in the manuscripts section of Ayatollah Borujerdī Library (No. 4384).