The Tabriz Central Library , formerly Tabriz National Library, was founded in 1956 by Nakhjavani with help from the people of Tabriz

Tabriz

Tabriz is the fourth largest city and one of the historical capitals of Iran and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Situated at an altitude of 1,350 meters at the junction of the Quri River and Aji River, it was the second largest city in Iran until the late 1960s, one of its former...

, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. It contains several handwritten books. The library is called National because of its non-benefit and non-governmental structure. Initially the library started by the books which are gathered by people specially by Nakhjavani, the building also constructed without any government investment .

The original building was in the vicinity of Ark. After the revolution the initial building was destroyed by clerical hardliners in 1978 and the books moved to other buildings near to the Golestan Park

Golestan Park

Golestan Park is a historical park in Tabriz, Iran. The park is located near to Ghungha Square in city center. The place, which was originally used as a public cemetery, has changed to a city park during the second Pahlavi era....

, when they were destroying the historic Tabriz City Theater building that was placed behind the library building to make a new mosque

Mosque

A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word is likely to have entered the English language through French , from Portuguese , from Spanish , and from Berber , ultimately originating in — . The Arabic word masjid literally means a place of prostration...

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Currently a new modern building is made for the library by the Iranian Ministry of Culture.