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Finding Your Way Around Tehran's Public Archives By Navid Zarrinnal
National Library and Archives of the Islamic Republic of Iran
P.O. Box 19395-69573
Haqani Expressway
Tehran 1537614111 Iran
Tel:+98 21 8864 4080
Fax:+98 21 8864 4082
Wikipedia article gives much detail on holdings.
- Key Genealogical holdings:
- Censuses
- Manuscripts
- Books on Minority Groups and their Families
- Dhimi Tax Documents
- Troop Levy Documents
Iranian Institute for Contemporary Historical Studies
15, Shahid Fayyazi Avenue
(Fereshteh), Elahieh
Tehran 19649, IRAN
P.O.Box 19395-1975
Telephone: (021) 22604037-8
Fax: (021) 22602096
Website
Oral history
Statesmen
- Holds documents dating back to the 19th century. The institute also has a good photographic archive, and runs an oral history project.
Islamic Revolution Document Center
Tehran, Iran
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Libraries
Islamic Consultative Assembly Library, Museum and Documentation Centre
Ketabkhaneh Majles-e Shora-ye Eslami
1 Baharestan Square
1157613411 Tehran, Iran
P.O. Box 11365-866
Tel:+98 21 33137810-11
Fax:+98 21 33137813
Malek National Library and Museum
Melal Mottahed (Bagh Melli) Street
Imam Khomeini Street
Janbe Vezarate Kharejeh
Tehran, Iran
Post box 111555/547
Phone:66726613 and 53
Fax:66705974
Website
- The library contains over 70,000 books and many catalogs and periodicals, some of which may be of genealogical value. The library also includes catalogs for Iranian libraries in other institutions and archives in Europe and Türkiye. There is also a catalog for Arabic and Ottoman materials.
Museums
Google listing of museums in Iran
National Museum of Iran
No.1, Henri Rolin St., Siy-e Tir Street
Emam Khomeini Avenue
Tehran, Iran
Telephone: +98 21 66702061-6
Fax: +98 21 66746164
Post Box: 4364-116945
Website
Record Offices
Governmental Civil Registration Office
District 6
Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
Telephone: +98 21 8871 2662
National Organization for Civil Registration
District 11
Tehran, Iran
Telephone: +98 21 6674 2876
Wikipedia: National Organization for Civil Registration