List of Memory of the World Register in Iran includes 10 registered works. In 2005, Iran participated in the sixth edition of the World Memory Program for the first time by introducing two works of Shahnameh Baysanghari from Golestan Museum Palace and the endowment letter of Rabe Rashidi from Tabriz Central Library. Iran is one of the leading countries in the field of registration of works, which has so far registered 10 works in the UNESCO World Memory List and is ranked seventh in the world, and is ranked third among Asian countries after Korea and China, and also 70 works Are on the waiting list. The Book of Vandidad, part of the Zoroastrian Bible, is one of the works that have been introduced for registration.
Documentary heritage | Country/Territory | Custodian(s), Location(s) | Year inscribed | Reference | |
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"Bayasanghori Shâhnâmeh" (Prince Bayasanghor’s Book of the Kings) | Golestan Palace, Tehran35.6798°N 51.4205°W | 2007 | [1] | ||
The Deed For Endowment: Rab’ I-Rashidi (Rab I-Rashidi Endowment) 13th Century manuscript | Tabriz Central Library, Tabriz38.0641°N 46.2563°W | 2007 | [2] [3] | ||
Administrative Documents of Astan-e Quds Razavi in the Safavid Era | Astan-e Quds Razavi Library, Mashhad36.2895°N 59.6161°W | 2009 | [4] | ||
Al-Tafhim li Awa'il Sana'at al-Tanjim: The Book of Instruction in the Elements of the Art of Astrology | Library, Museum and Documentation Centre of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, Tehran35.8084°N 51.4586°W | 2011 | [5] | ||
Collection of Nezami’s Panj Ganj |
| 2011 | [6] | ||
A Collection of selected maps of Iran in the Qajar Era (1193 - 1344 Lunar Calendar / 1779-1926 Gregorian Calendar) | Library of Political and International Studies of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs35.8084°N 51.4586°W | 2013 | [7] | ||
Dhakhīra-yi Khārazmshāhī | Library of the Sepahsalar Mosque, Tehran35.6894°N 51.4334°W | 2013 | [8] | ||
Al-Masaalik Wa Al-Mamaalik: The Book of Itineraries and Kingdoms | Germany, |
| 2015 | [9] | |
Kulliyyāt-i Saʽdi: Kulliyat of Saadi | The National Library and Archives of Iran, Tehran35.7519°N 51.4343°W | 2015 | [10] | ||
Jāme’ al-Tavarikh Compendium of Chronicles | Golestan Palace, Tehran50.9454°N 10.7054°W | 2017 | [11] |