Conservation and study of Ismaili intellectual heritage is of paramount importance to ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡. This short video provides an overview of ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡’ manuscripts collections and its main priorities for their conservation and research.
The ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ holds one of the most significant repositories in the world of materials related to Ismaili communities, comprising nearly 3,000 manuscripts in Arabic, Persian and Indic languages. In addition, ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ also holds several hundred volumes of rare books, periodicals and journals, off-prints, and important coins from the Fatimid and Alamut periods of Ismaili history.
