November 1914 devoting thereafter his entire life to enriching his treasures of art and literature. It was his ambition to set up a museum. I—Ic visited several places in India, the (I. K.. Arabia and Persia. The news of his love for art had spread all over the world. I-fe had agents abroad who sent him catalogues from well known antique dealers. [Ic also made purchases personally during his tour of Europe and the West Asian countries. Besides being a great collector of antiques, art ohpects and rare manuscripts, he patronised poets, writers and artists, and encouraged literary and cult ural activities. It is his labour of love of over tony years which finds concrete expression in the museum named afler him. One of the last consignments of his purchase was a set of ivory chairs of Tipu Sultan of Mysore which was received only after his death. Wedded to his art collection Nawab Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, Salar .J ung Ill, died a bachelor on 2nd March. 1949 at the age of 60. lie left a legacy beyond all computation immortalising his own name and that of his family. The world—famous Salar .

Jung Museum is the largest single—family collection in the world because some of the rare art pieces were from the collection of his father and grandfather. In the absence of any direct descendants, the Government of India appointed a committee to administer the Salar .Jung Estate. In l)ecemher 1951 the Museum was set lip in the “Di wan Devdi”, the residential palace of Salar Jung Ill, and in I96 it was transferred to the present building.November 1914 devoting thereafter his entire life to enriching his treasures of art and literature. It was his ambition to set up a museum. I—Ic visited several places in India, the (I. K.. Arabia and Persia. The news of his love for art had spread all over the world. I-fe had agents abroad who sent him catalogues from well known antique dealers. [Ic also made purchases personally during his tour of Europe and the West Asian countries. Besides being a great collector of antiques, art ohpects and rare manuscripts, he patronised poets, writers and artists, and encouraged literary and cult ural activities. It is his labour of love of over tony years which finds concrete expression in the museum named afler him.

One of the last consignments of his purchase was a set of ivory chairs of Tipu Sultan of Mysore which was received only after his death. Wedded to his art collection Nawab Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, Salar .J ung Ill, died a bachelor on 2nd March. 1949 at the age of 60. lie left a legacy beyond all computation immortalising his own name and that of his family. The world—famous Salar .Jung Museum is the largest single—family collection in the world because some of the rare art pieces were from the collection of his father and grandfather. In the absence of any direct descendants, the Government of India appointed a committee to administer the Salar .Jung Estate. In l)ecemher 1951 the Museum was set lip in the “Di wan Devdi”, the residential palace of Salar Jung Ill, and in I96 it was transferred to the present building