Over the course of the last year the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library
(HMML) and the Roshan Institute for Persian Studies at the University of
Maryland, College Park (Roshan Institute-UMD) have begun collaborating
with the Raja of Mahmudabad family on the preservation of their important
manuscript collection. The project will help protect the collection through
both physical and digital preservation efforts and expand access to it through
improved cataloging and digital display in HMML’s online manuscript reading
room, vHMML. Funding for the various elements of this broader plan
has generously been provided by the British Library’s Endangered Archives
Programme (EAP), HMML, Roshan Institute-UMD, and the Islamic Manuscript
Association.