Famous for its varied collection of manuscripts, the library has 17000 such specimens of artistic creation which include 150 illustrated ones with 4413 paintings in them. The subjects of the manuscripts are related to History, Philosophy, religions, sciences, art, literature, medicine, astronomy, astrology, mathematics, geology, fine arts etc.

In addition to them, there are 205 hand-written palm-leaves, 5000 miniature paintings, nearly 3000 specimens of Islamic Calligraphy. The miniature paintings represent the Turko-Mongol, Mughal, Persian, Rajput, Pahari, Awadh and Indo-European schools of art which are of  great value for the researchers.

The rich collection also includes art objects and astronomical instruments.

The Library has a collection of about 75000 printed  books. The printed book section has a unique importance  as thousands of rare Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Urdu and English books which are now out of print, may be trated as aon important material for research work. Such books have been carefully preserved and are being regularly treated in the Conservation Laboratory for safer and longer life.