Iran Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

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Archives[edit | edit source]

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

Libraries[edit | edit source]

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
Imam Khomeini Street
Janbe Vezarate Kharejeh
Tehran, Iran

Telephone:09122857741
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 Turkey. There is also a catalog for Arabic and Ottoman materials.

Museums[edit | edit source]

Google listing of museums in Iran

References[edit | edit source]

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 Tel:+98 21 33137810-11<br>
 Fax:+98 21 33137813<br>
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-'''Iranian Institute for Contemporary Historical Studies'''<br>
-, Shahid Fayyazi Avenue <br>
-(Fereshteh), Elahieh<br>
-Tehran 19649, IRAN<br>
-<br>
-P.O.Box 19395-1975<br>
-Telephone: (021) 22604037-8<br>
-Fax: (021) 22602096<br>
-[http://www.iichs.org/index_en.asp?id=696&doc_cat=25 Website]<br>
-[http://www.iichs.org/index_en.asp?doc_cat=17 Oral history]<br>
-[http://www.iichs.org/index_en.asp?doc_cat=16 Statesmen]<br>
-:Holds documents dating back to the 19th century. The institute also has a good photographic archive, and runs an oral history project.
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 '''Malek National Library and Museum'''<br>