Noor International Microfilm Center

Noor International Microfilm Center is situated in the Culture House of the Islamic Republic of Iran, New Delhi and is occupied in carrying out repair work and preparing microfilm, photographing of the old manuscripts and printing them. This center was established in the year 1985 as a result of efforts made by Dr. Mahdi Khajeh Piri. The inception of educational and cultural activities of this center coincided with the 400th death anniversary of Allamah Qazi Nurullah Shustari (died 1409 A.H). He was an Iranian Mohadis, orator, literary person and poet in India. The Noor international Microfilm Center was named after this great learned man in recognition to his service.
Activities.
The Noor Center Was founded with an objective to protect and publish the Islamic Iranian heritage. Among these activities of this center is to prepare photographs and microfilm of more than sixty thousand Persian, Arabic and Urdu manuscripts of Indian Libraries like (Maulana Azad Library, Lucknow Library, Libraries of Gujarat etc.). Likewise, the photographic collection of manuscripts and microfilm available in the summary and detailed catalogue has been prepared in Persian, Arabic, English and Urdu. Likewise, this center has created a new and completely exclusive method to repair and protect the manuscripts through herbal treatment among them the manuscripts of Kulliyat Saadi and other oldest copy of Nahj al-Balagha can be mentioned.
So far more than two hundred exquisite manuscripts of Islamic books have been printed and circulated by this center with the same characteristics of the original copies. This kind of circulation has been for the first time designed and implemented in this center.
Aims and objectives.
Noor International Microfilm Center started its function with the following aims and objects: 