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  • Iranian Performance Arts Journals Pre-19794,773
  • The T.H. Shevchenko Archive363
  • Palm-leaf Manuscripts in the Tamil University, India277
  • Muhammad Bashir Abubakar Collection of Fulfulde Jihad Poetry 18 - 19th centuries248
  • Rescuing Endangered Manuscripts of The Ilorin Emirate in Nigeria215
  • Manuscripts, Books, Newspapers in southern West Bengal160
  • Textual heritage of the taiga Old Believers' skit150
  • Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal143
  • Manuscripts, Newspapers and Books in Bardhaman and Nadia Districts, West Bengal102
  • Folkloric archival material preserved in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova89
  • Preservation and access of rare early Grantha books62
  • Endangered Urdu periodicals58
  • The Jerba Libraries Project52
  • Continuing Digitisation of Cham Manuscripts in Vietnam49
  • Baul Songs from Bengali Saint-Composers43
  • Pulaar Islamic Texts: Six Archives of the Taal Families in Senegal and Mali28
  • Private Collections of Palm-Leaf Manuscripts from the Tamil Country27
  • Palm-leaf Manuscripts (lontar) in Private Collections of Bali and Lombok24
  • Digitising Malay writing in Sri Lanka23
  • Medieval Sanskrit Manuscripts scattered in Newar Settlements23
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