Memory of the World Register – Asia and the Pacific

The first inscriptions on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register were made in 1997.[1][2] By creating a compendium of the world’s documentary heritage, including manuscripts, oral traditions, audio-visual materials, library and archive holdings,[3] the program aims to promote the exchange of information among experts and raise resources for the preservation, digitization, and dissemination of documentary materials.[4] As of December 2018, 429 main documentary heritages had been inscribed in the Register, with 116 of these from Asia and the Pacific.[5]

The Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific, known as MOWCAP, is a regional committee of UNESCO's global programme.[6]

Items listed below are part of the UNESCO Memory of the World Registry, but not a regional list created by MOWCAP, nor made up of national lists, although such lists have been envisioned.[7]

List by country/territory

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  Australia's The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) is the first full-length narrative feature film produced anywhere in the world.[8]
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  Cambodia’s Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum contains photographs of over 5,000 prisoners, as well as "confessions", many extracted under torture, and other biographical records.[9]
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  The Shâhnâmeh (Book of Kings) of Iran is one of the classics of the Persian-speaking world, on a par with the Iliad and The Aeniad of the Greco-Roman cultural communities.[10]
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  The Korean version of the Buddhist scriptures, Tripitaka Koreana, is one of the most important and is the most complete corpus of Buddhist doctrinal texts in the world.[11]
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  The Holy Koran Mushaf of Othman manuscript, held by the Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, is the earliest existent written version of the Koran.[12]

Documentary heritage^[A]	Country/Territory	Custodian(s), Location(s)	Year inscribed	Reference
The Endeavour Journal of James Cook	Australia	National Library of Australia, Canberra 35°17′48″S 149°07′47″E	2001	[13]
The Mabo Case Manuscripts	Australia	National Library of Australia, Canberra 35°17′48″S 149°07′47″E	2001	[14]
The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)	Australia	National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra 35°17′00″S 149°07′17″E	2007	[8]
The Convict Records of Australia	Australia	State Records Authority of New South Wales 33°46′22″S 150°44′32″E Archives Office of Tasmania 42°52′55″S 147°19′30″E State Records Office of Western Australia: Alexander Library Building, Perth Cultural Centre 31°56′57″S 115°51′37″E	2007	[15]
Manifesto of the Queensland Labour Party, 1892	Australia	State Library of Queensland, Brisbane 27°28′16″S 153°01′05″E	2009	[16][17][18]
Giant Glass Plate Negatives of Sydney Harbour	Australia	State Library of New South Wales, Sydney 33°51′58″S 151°12′48″E	2021	[19]
7 March Speech of Bangabandhu	Bangladesh	Liberation War Museum, Dhaka 23°46′33″N 90°22′03″E	2017	[20][21]
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum Archives	Cambodia	Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Phnom Penh 11°32′58″N 104°54′55″E	2009	[9]
Traditional Music Sound Archives	China	Chinese Academy of Arts, Beijing 39°57′02″N 116°26′51″E	1997	[22]
Records of the Qing's Grand Secretariat – 'Infiltration of Western Culture in China'	China	Palace Museum, Beijing 39°54′59″N 116°23′50″E	1999	[23]
Ancient Naxi Dongba Literature Manuscripts	China	Lijiang Prefecture Dongba Research Institute, Dayan 26°52′53″N 100°12′35″E	2003	[24]
Golden Lists of the Qing Dynasty Imperial Examination	China	State Archives, Beijing 39°54′54″N 116°23′35″E	2005	[25]
Qing Dynasty Yangshi Lei Archives	China	The First Historical Archives 39°54′54″N 116°23′35″E National Library of China 39°56′35″N 116°19′23″E Palace Museum, Beijing 39°54′59″N 116°23′50″E	2007	[26]
Ben Cao Gang Mu: Compendium of Materia Medica	China	Library of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences 39°54′39″N 116°25′03″E	2011	[27]
Huang Di Nei Jing: Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic	China	National Library of China 39°56′35″N 116°19′23″E	2011	[28]
Official Records of Tibet from the Yuan Dynasty China, 1304–1367	China	Tibet Autonomous Region Archives, Lhasa 29°39′23″N 91°04′57″E	2013	[29]
Qiaopi and Yinxin Correspondence and Remittance Documents from Overseas Chinese	China	Guangdong Provincial Archives 23°07′47″N 113°16′18″E Chaoshan Research Institute for History and Culture 23°22′24″N 116°42′48″E Shantou Municipal Archives 23°22′06″N 116°42′39″E Jiangmen Wuyi Overseas Chinese Museum 22°36′48″N 113°05′04″E Meizhou City Qiaopi Archives 24°18′36″N 116°07′00″E Kaiping Cultural Heritage Bureau 22°22′35″N 112°41′55″E Fujian Province Archives 26°02′41″N 119°12′14″E Quanzhou City Archives 24°54′27″N 118°35′13″E Jinjiang City Archives 24°47′02″N 118°33′04″E Jinjiang Municipal Museum 24°47′42″N 118°33′45″E Quanzhou Museum of Overseas Chinese History 24°54′44″N 118°36′24″E	2013	[30]
Documents of Nanjing Massacre	China	Central Archives of China 40°02′34″N 116°09′55″E The Second Historical Archives of China 32°02′26″N 118°48′51″E Liaoning Provincial Archives 41°46′53″N 123°24′18″E Jilin Provincial Archives 43°53′24″N 125°19′33″E Shanghai Municipal Archives 31°12′18″N 121°23′55″E Nanjing City Archives 32°03′30″N 118°47′48″E The Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders 32°02′09″N 118°44′33″E	2015	[31][7]
The Archives of Suzhou Silk from Modern and Contemporary Times	China	Suzhou Industrial and Commercial Archives Administration 31°19′35″N 120°37′35″E	2017	[32]
Chinese Oracle-Bone Inscriptions	China	Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 39°55′21″N 116°24′38″E Institute of History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 39°55′21″N 116°24′36″E National Library of China 39°56′35″N 116°19′23″E Palace Museum, Beijing 39°54′59″N 116°23′50″E Peking University Library 39°59′31″N 116°18′35″E Tsinghua University Library 40°00′18″N 116°19′29″E Shanghai Museum 31°13′42″N 121°28′32″E Nanjing Museum 32°02′30″N 118°49′32″E Shandong Provincial Museum 36°39′31″N 117°05′45″E Lvshun Museum 38°48′29″N 121°14′02″E Tianjin Museum 39°05′08″N 117°12′32″E	2017	[33]
Official Records of Macao During the Qing Dynasty (1693–1886)	China,  Portugal	Torre do Tombo National Archive, Alvalade, Lisbon 38°45′17″N 9°09′23″W	2017	[34]
Archives and Manuscripts of Macau Kong Tac Lam Temple (1645–1980)	China	Association of Piety and Longevity Kong Tac Lam, Macau 22°11′30″N 113°32′10″E	2023	[35]
The four treatises of Tibetan Medicine	China	Mentseekhang, Traditional Tibetan Hospital (Tibetan Medical & Astro Institute), Lhasa 29°39′48″N 91°07′27″E	2023	[36]
Records of the Indian Indentured Labourers	Fiji,  Guyana,  Suriname,  Trinidad and Tobago	National Archives of Fiji 18°08′34″S 178°25′27″E National Archives of Guyana 6°48′10″N 58°08′26″W National Archives of Suriname 5°48′39″N 55°12′42″W National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago 10°39′37″N 61°30′46″W	2011	[37]
The I.A.S. Tamil Medical Manuscript Collection	India	Institute of Asian Studies, Chennai 12°51′48″N 80°13′47″E	1997	[38][39]
Archives of the Dutch East India Company	India,  Indonesia,  Netherlands,  South Africa,  Sri Lanka	Cape Town Archives Repository (Office of the National Archives of South Africa) 33°55′53″S 18°25′26″E Madras Record Office (Tamil Nadu Archives) 13°04′35″N 80°15′38″E Department of National Archives of Sri Lanka 6°54′24″N 79°51′53″E National Archives of Indonesia (Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia) 6°16′43″S 106°49′08″E Nationaal Archief (National Archives of the Netherlands) 52°04′52″N 4°19′35″E	2003	[40]
Shaiva Manuscript in Pondicherry	India	French Institute of Pondicherry, Pondicherry 11°56′13″N 79°50′08″E	2005	[41][42]
Rigveda	India	Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune 18°31′09″N 73°49′48″E	2007	[43][44]
Tarikh-e-Khandan-e-Timuriyah	India	Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library, Patna 25°37′18″N 85°08′08″E	2011	[45][46]
Laghukālachakratantrarājatīka Vimalaprabhā	India	The Asiatic Society, Kolkata 22°33′19″N 88°21′02″E	2011	[47]
Shāntinātha Charitra	India	Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum, Ahmedabad 23°01′59″N 72°32′59″E	2013	[48]
Gilgit Manuscript	India	National Archives of India, New Delhi 28°36′56″N 77°13′02″E	2017	[49]
Maitreyayvarakarana	India	Maitreyayvarakarana Asiatic Society, Kolkata 22°33′19″N 88°21′02″E	2017	[50]
Ramcharitmanas	India		2024
Panchatantra	India		2024
Sahṛdayaloka-Locana	India		2024
Sultana's Dream	India		2024
La Galigo	Indonesia,  Netherlands	Fort Rotterdam, Makassar 5°08′02″S 119°24′19″E Leiden University Library, Leiden 52°09′26″N 4°28′53″E	2011	[51]
Nagarakretagama: Description of the Country (1365 AD)	Indonesia	National Library of Indonesia, Jakarta 6°10′53″S 106°49′37″E	2013	[52]
Babad Diponegoro	Indonesia,  Netherlands	National Library of Indonesia, Jakarta 6°10′53″S 106°49′37″E Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies 52°09′31″N 4°28′57″E	2013	[53]
Asian-African Conference Archives	Indonesia	National Archives of Indonesia, South Jakarta 6°16′43″S 106°49′08″E	2015	[54]
Borobudur Conservation Archives	Indonesia	National Archives of Indonesia 6°16′43″S 106°49′08″E	2017	[55]
The Indian Ocean Tsunami Archives	Indonesia,  Sri Lanka	National Archives of Indonesia 6°16′43″S 106°49′08″E Department of National Archives of Sri Lanka 6°54′24″N 79°51′53″E	2017	[56]
Panji Tales Manuscripts	Indonesia,  Cambodia,  Netherlands,  Malaysia,  United Kingdom	Leiden University Library, Leiden 52°09′26″N 4°28′53″E National Library of Indonesia 6°10′53″S 106°49′37″E National Library of Malaysia 3°10′14″N 101°42′41″E National Library of Cambodia 11°34′35″N 104°55′10″E	2017	[57]
"Bayasanghori Shâhnâmeh" (Prince Bayasanghor's Book of the Kings)	Iran	Golestan Palace, Tehran 35°40′47″N 51°25′14″E	2007	[10]
The Deed For Endowment: Rab’ I-Rashidi (Rab I-Rashidi Endowment) 13th Century manuscript	Iran	Tabriz Central Library, Tabriz 38°03′51″N 46°15′23″E	2007	[58]
Administrative Documents of Astan-e Quds Razavi in the Safavid Era	Iran	Astan-e Quds Razavi Library, Mashhad 36°17′22″N 59°36′58″E	2009	[59]
Al-Tafhim li Awa'il Sana'at al-Tanjim: The Book of Instruction in the Elements of the Art of Astrology	Iran	Library, Museum and Documentation Centre of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, Tehran 35°48′30″N 51°27′31″E	2011	[60]
Collection of Nezami’s Panj Ganj	Iran	Sepahsalar Library (Shahid Mottahri) 35°41′22″N 51°25′52″E Malek National Library and Museum 35°41′13″N 51°24′59″E Golestan Palace, Tehran 35°40′47″N 51°25′14″E National Museum of Iran 35°41′14″N 51°24′53″E Central Library and document centre of the University of Tehran 35°42′12″N 51°23′43″E	2011	[61]
A Collection of selected maps of Iran in the Qajar Era (1193 – 1344 Lunar Calendar / 1779–1926 Gregorian Calendar)	Iran	Library of Political and International Studies of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 35°48′30″N 51°27′31″E	2013	[62]
Dhakhīra-yi Khārazmshāhī	Iran	Library of the Sepahsalar Mosque, Tehran 35°41′22″N 51°26′00″E	2013	[63]
Al-Masaalik Wa Al-Mamaalik: The Book of Itineraries and Kingdoms	Germany,  Iran	The National Library and Archives of Iran, Tehran 35°45′07″N 51°26′03″E The Gotha Research Library, Erfurt 50°56′43″N 10°42′20″E	2015	[64]
Kulliyyāt-i Saʽdi: Kulliyat of Saadi	Iran	The National Library and Archives of Iran, Tehran 35°45′07″N 51°26′03″E	2015	[65]
Jāme’ al-Tavarikh: Compendium of Chronicles	Iran	Golestan Palace, Tehran 50°56′43″N 10°42′20″E	2017	[66]
Sakubei Yamamoto Collection	Japan	Tagawa City Coal Mining Historical Museum 33°38′27″N 130°48′50″E Fukuoka Prefectural University Library 33°39′01″N 130°48′50″E	2011	[67]
Materials Related to the Keicho-era Mission to Europe Japan and Spain	Japan,  Spain	Sendai City Museum, Sendai 38°15′22″N 140°51′24″E	2013	[68]
Midokanpakuki: the original handwritten diary of Fujiwara no Michinaga	Japan	Yōmei Bunko, Kyoto 35°01′55″N 135°42′36″E	2013	[69]
Archives of Tōji temple contained in one-hundred boxes	Japan	Kyoto Prefectural Library, Kyoto 35°00′47″N 135°46′56″E	2015	[70]
Return to Maizuru Port—Documents Related to the Internment and Repatriation Experiences of Japanese (1945–1956)	Japan	Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum, Kyoto 35°30′34″N 135°23′48″E	2015	[71]
Three Cherished Stelae of Ancient Kozuke	Japan	Takasaki, Gunma 36°19′19″N 139°00′12″E	2017	[72]
Collection of manuscripts of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi	Kazakhstan	National Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty 43°14′29″N 76°56′35″E	2003	[73]
Audiovisual documents of the International antinuclear movement "Nevada-Semipalatinsk"	Kazakhstan	State Archive & State Archive of Film, Almaty 43°14′34″N 76°56′44″E	2005	[74]
Aral Sea Archival Fonds	Kazakhstan	State Archive & State Archive of Film, Almaty 43°14′34″N 76°56′44″E	2011	[75]
Correspondence of the late Sultan of Kedah (1882–1943)	Malaysia	National Archives of Malaysia, Alor Setar 6°09′48″N 100°22′12″E	2001	[76]
Hikayat Hang Tuah: The story of Hang Tuah	Malaysia	National Library of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 3°10′14″N 101°42′41″E	2001	[77]
Sejarah Melayu (the Malay Annals)	Malaysia	Institute of Language and Literature, Kuala Lumpur 3°08′03″N 101°42′13″E	2001	[78]
Batu Bersurat, Terengganu (Inscribed Stone of Terengganu)	Malaysia	Terengganu State Museum, Kuala Terengganu 5°19′07″N 103°06′08″E	2009	[79]
Lu."Altan Tobchi" : Golden History written in 1651	Mongolia	National Library of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar 47°54′53″N 106°54′59″E	2011	[80]
Mongolian Tanjur & Stone Stele Monument for Mongolian Tanjur	Mongolia	National Library of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar 47°54′53″N 106°54′59″E	2011 & 2017	[81]
Kanjur written with 9 precious stones	Mongolia	National Library of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar 47°54′53″N 106°54′59″E	2013	[82]
Kuthodaw Inscription Shrines	Myanmar	Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay 22°00′17″N 96°06′47″E	2013	[83]
Myazedi Quadrilingual Stone Inscription	Myanmar	Department of Archaeology and National Museum, Naypyidaw 19°47′20″N 96°08′29″E	2015	[84]
The Golden Letter of the Burmese King Alaungphaya to King George II of Great Britain	Myanmar,  Germany,  United Kingdom	Department of Archaeology and National Museum, Naypyidaw 19°47′20″N 96°08′29″E Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library – State Library of Lower Saxony 52°21′55″N 9°43′51″E	2015	[85]
King Bayinnaung Bell Inscription	Myanmar	Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan 21°11′43″N 94°53′38″E	2017	[86]
Nishvāsattatvasamhitā Manuscript	Nepal	National Archives of Nepal, Kathmandu 27°41′43″N 85°19′17″E	2013	[87]
Sushrutasamhitā (Sahottārtantra) Manuscript	Nepal	Kaiser Library, Kathmandu 27°42′50″N 85°18′55″E	2013	[88]
Treaty of Waitangi	New Zealand	National Archives, Wellington 41°16′37″S 174°46′48″E	1997	[89]
1893 Women's Suffrage Petition	New Zealand	National Archives, Wellington 41°16′37″S 174°46′48″E	1997	[90]
Sir Edmund Hillary Archive	New Zealand	Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland 36°51′37″S 174°46′40″E	2013	[91]
Comprehensive Illustrated Manual of Martial arts	North Korea	Grand People's Study House, Pyongyang; Various locations in South Korea 39°01′13″N 125°44′58″E	2017	[92]
Jinnah Papers (Quaid-i-Azam)	Pakistan	National Archives of Pakistan, Islamabad 33°44′24″N 73°05′41″E	1999	[93]
Philippine Paleographs (Hanunoo, Buid, Tagbanua and Pala'wan)	Philippines	National Museum, Manila 14°35′13″N 120°58′52″E	1999	[94]
Radio Broadcast of the Philippine People Power Revolution	Philippines	Radio Veritas Asia, Quezon City 14°42′01″N 121°04′18″E Rajah Broadcasting Network, Makati 14°33′10″N 121°00′49″E Personal Archives of Mr. Orly Punzalan, Dasmariñas 14°17′00″N 120°57′41″E	2003	[95]
José Maceda Collection	Philippines	U.P. Center for Ethnomusicology, Quezon City 14°39′26″N 121°03′56″E	2007	[96]
Presidential Papers of Manuel L. Quezon	Philippines	U.P. Center for Ethnomusicology, Quezon City 14°39′26″N 121°03′56″E	2011	[96]
Culion Leprosy Archives	Philippines	Culion Museum and Archives, Culion, Palawan 11.883333°N 120.016667°E / 11.883333; 120.016667	2018	[97]
Hunminjeongum Manuscript: Correct Sounds for the Instruction of the People	South Korea	Gansong Art Museum, Seoul 37°35′37″N 126°59′49″E	1997	[98]
The Annals of the Choson Dynasty	South Korea	Chongjoksan Sagobon, Odaesan Sagobon and Sanyoppon 37°27′37″N 126°57′13″E T'aebaeksan Sagobon 35°10′42″N 129°05′02″E	1997	[99]
Seungjeongwon ilgi, the Diaries of the Royal Secretariat	South Korea	Kyujanggak Library and Seoul National University, Seoul 37°34′44″N 126°59′22″E	2001	[100]
Baegun hwasang chorok buljo jikji simche yojeol (vol. II), the second volume of "Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests’ Zen Teachings"	South Korea	National Library of France, Paris 48°50′01″N 2°22′33″E	2001	[101]
Printing woodblocks of the Tripitaka Koreana and miscellaneous Buddhist scriptures	South Korea	Haeinsa Monastery, Gyeongsangnam-do 35°48′04″N 128°05′53″E	2007	[102]
Uigwe: The Royal Protocols of the Joseon Dynasty	South Korea	Seoul National University, Seoul 37°27′33″N 126°57′07″E	2007	[103]
Dongui Bogam: Principles and Practice of Eastern Medicine	South Korea	National Library of Korea, Seoul 37°29′52″N 127°00′13″E	2009	[104]
Human Rights Documentary Heritage 1980 Archives for the May 18th Democratic Uprising against Military Regime, in Gwangju, Republic of Korea	South Korea	Gwangju City Hall 35°09′36″N 126°51′05″E May 18 Memorial Foundation, Gwangju 35°08′58″N 126°55′00″E Chonnam National University, Gwangju 35°10′37″N 126°54′21″E	2011	[105]
Ilseongnok: Records of Daily Reflections	South Korea	Seoul National University, Seoul 37°27′33″N 126°57′07″E	2011	[106]
Nanjung ilgi: War Diary of Admiral Yi Sun-sin	South Korea	Hyeonchungsa Shrine, Asan 36°48′23″N 127°01′55″E	2013	[107]
Archives of Saemaul Undong (New Community Movement)	South Korea	National Archives, Seoul 36°21′39″N 127°23′08″E Korea Saemaul Undong Center 37°30′09″N 127°04′02″E	2013	[108]
Confucian Printing Woodblocks	South Korea	The Advanced Center for Korean Studies, Andong 36°42′08″N 128°48′39″E	2015	[109]
The Archives of the KBS Special Live Broadcast "Finding Dispersed Families"	South Korea	KBS, Seoul 37°31′33″N 126°54′58″E National Archives of Korea 36°21′39″N 127°23′08″E Gallup Korea 37°34′26″N 126°58′02″E	2015	[110]
Royal Seal and Investiture Book Collection of the Joseon Dynasty	South Korea	National Palace Museum of Korea, Seoul 37°34′36″N 126°58′30″E	2017	[111]
Archives of the National Debt Redemption Movement	South Korea	National Debt Redemption Movement Memorial Park 35°52′10″N 128°36′22″E	2017	[112]
Documents on Joseon Tongsinsa/Chosen Tsushinshi: The History of Peace Building and Cultural Exchanges between Korea and Japan from the 17th to 19th Century	South Korea,  Japan	Seoul National University Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies 37.462090| 126.950237 National Library of Korea 37°29′52″N 127°00′13″E National Institute of Korean History 37°25′27″N 126°58′47″E Korea University Library 37°35′05″N 127°01′35″E Chungnam Institute of History and Culture 36°29′21″N 127°08′48″E National Museum of Korea 37°31′26″N 126°58′49″E Busan Museum 35°07′47″N 129°05′39″E National Palace Museum of Korea 37°34′36″N 126°58′30″E Korea National Maritime Museum 35°04′43″N 129°04′49″E	2017	[113]
Mahavamsa (6th century BCE to 1815 CE)	Sri Lanka	Palm Leaf Manuscripts Collection, University of Peradeniya 7°15′15″N 80°35′48″E	2023	[114]
The manuscript of Ubayd Zakoni's Kulliyat and Hafez Sherozi's Gazalliyt (14th century)	Tajikistan	Institute of the Written Heritage of the Academy of Sciences, Dushanbe 38°34′15″N 68°47′31″E	2003	[115]
The King Ram Khamhaeng Inscription	Thailand	Bangkok National Museum, Bangkok 13°45′30″N 100°29′30″E	2003	[116]
Archival Documents of King Chulalongkorn's Transformation of Siam (1868–1910)	Thailand	National Library of Thailand, Bangkok; National Archives of Thailand, Bangkok 13°46′20″N 100°30′18″E	2009	[117]
Epigraphic Archives of Wat Pho	Thailand	Wat Pho, Bangkok 13°44′48″N 100°29′36″E	2011	[118]
"The Minute Books of the Council of the Siam Society", 100 years of recording international cooperation in research and the dissemination of knowledge in the arts and sciences	Thailand	National Archives of Thailand, Bangkok 13°46′23″N 100°30′16″E	2013	[119]
The Royal Photographic Glass Plate Negatives and Original Prints Collection	Thailand	National Archives of Thailand, Bangkok 13°46′23″N 100°30′16″E	2017	[120]
On the Birth of a Nation: Turning points (Max Stahl collection of audiovisual documents)	East Timor	Archives & Museum of East Timorese Resistance 8°33′20″S 125°34′39″E	2013	[121]
Holy Koran Mushaf of Othman	Uzbekistan	The Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, Tashkent 41°19′32″N 69°14′29″E	1997	[12]
The Collection of the Al-Biruni Institute of Oriental Studies	Uzbekistan	Academy of Sciences, Tashkent 41°18′24″N 69°17′12″E	1997	[122]
Archives of the Chancellery of Khiva Khans	Uzbekistan	Central State Archive of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent 41°17′15″N 69°13′44″E	2017	[123]
Arthur Bernard Deacon (1903–27) collection MS 90–98	Vanuatu,  United Kingdom	Royal Anthropological Institute, London 51°31′26″N 0°08′24″W	2013	[124]
Woodblocks of the Nguyễn Dynasty	Vietnam	State Records and Archives Department of Vietnam, Hanoi 21°01′57″N 105°48′33″E	2009	[125]
Stone stele records of imperial examinations of the Lê and Mạc dynasties	Vietnam	Temple of Literature 21°01′46″N 105°50′10″E	2010	[126][127]
Imperial Archives of Nguyen Dynasty (1802–1945)	Vietnam	National Archives Centre No.1, Hanoi 21°01′01″N 105°47′53″E	2017	[128]

See also

• Suyat

Notes

^ Names and spellings provided are based on the official list released by the Memory of the World Programme.

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