Among the precious manuscripts in the Central Library that illustrate Karbala and the ensuing events are ‘Matamkadeh’ by Bidel Qazvini, published in 1869; ‘Asrar al-Shahadah’ on the sufferings of Prophet Muhammad’s Infallible Household, by Ismaeil Khan Broujerdi published in 1866; ‘Toufan al-Baka’ by Mohmmad Ebrahim Johari published in 1886.

There are some 54,000 lithographic manuscripts in the Central Library of Imam Reza shrine, over 1,000 of which are concerned with Ashura and Muharram.