TEHRAN -- Executive manager and designer of the Iranian World’s Manuscripts Databank expressed concern that the dearth of appropriate facilities imperils many Persian manuscripts in India and Pakistan.

“There is not even a shelf to hold the books,” Nasser Golbaz told the Persian service of MNA on Tuesday.
He said that most manuscripts kept in India and Pakistan are in Persian.
Golbaz gave no more details about his comment.
Compiling the manuscripts from two countries was on the databank’s agenda, but it was limited due to the lack of funds, he lamented.
Golbaz’s 9-year efforts in compiling information on Persian manuscripts led to the establishment of the World’s Manuscripts Databank by the sponsorship of Iran’s Book House and the Iran National Library and Archive in August 2008.
The databank was halted in November because of lack of necessary financial support.