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  • al-Aqsa Mosque Library Periodical Collection Digitisation Project6,017
  • Oriental Manuscripts5,741
  • India Office Library4,882
  • Manuscripts of Djenné, Mali. 2nd project3,230
  • Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme2,831
  • Additional Manuscripts2,704
  • Manuscripts of Djenné, Mali. 3rd project2,467
  • Manuscripts of Djenné, Mali2,303
  • India Office Records2,002
  • Rescuing Endangered Manuscripts of The Ilorin Emirate in Nigeria821
  • Northern Nigeria: Pre-colonial documents694
  • The Jerba Libraries Project642
  • Acehnese manuscripts located in Pidie and Aceh Besar regencies381
  • Islamic manuscripts of Indonesian Pondok Pesantren275
  • West African Arabic Manuscripts242
  • Manuscripts at the Institute of Ethiopian Studies209
  • Minangkabau's manuscript collections in Suraus202
  • Family Manuscript Libraries on the island of Jerba, Tunisia198
  • The endangered archives of Sudanese trade unions194
  • Bamum script and archives project188
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