Collection guides

Central Asian Turkic collections

Over 4,500 volumes of printed books, periodicals and newspapers, and more than 200 manuscripts

Georgian collections

About 8,000 volumes of printed books, periodicals and newspapers, and a range of other materials including manuscripts,...

India Office Records: Afghanistan Resources

Archival resources relating to the modern history of Afghanistan found in the East India Company and India Office Record...

India Office Records: Central Asia Resources

Central Asian resources in the archives of the East India Company and the pre-1947 government of India

Manchu collection

Manuscripts, woodblock prints and works relating to the Qing dynasty

Mongolian collection

Thousands of items from the Mongolian Republic, China and Russia

Stein collection

Over 45,000 items collected by Sir Marc Aurel Stein

Turkish and Turkic collections

Over 25,000 volumes of printed books, periodicals and newspapers, more than 4,000 manuscript texts, and other materials