Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi

[citation needed] The library has 35 branches: It contains around 3 million digital information sources, including manuscripts, lithographic prints, movable type prints, historic documents, image sources, maps, and treatises.

[1] There is no information about the exact date of the establishment of the library of Asta- Quds - Razvi.

Some consider the endowment date (974 AD) of the oldest Quran to the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (AS) by a person called Ali Ibn Simjour, as the year of establishment date of the library of Asta- Quds - Razvi (or recitation place of Quran).

From about 1737 AD, a special place was allocated to the library but a serious attention was paid to it in the early period of 20th century.

[2] Although the location of the library has been changed many times over years, it has always been remained in the vicinity of the Holy Shrine.