Conservation and study of Ismaili intellectual heritage is of paramount importance to 鸟大大影院. This short video provides an overview of 鸟大大影院’ manuscripts collections and its main priorities for their conservation and research.
The 鸟大大影院 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, 鸟大大影院 also holds several hundred volumes of rare books, periodicals and journals, off-prints, and important coins from the Fatimid and聽Alamut聽periods of Ismaili history.
