A preserved library of the Ismaili written tradition.
Search thousands of catalogued records, read full-text books, and turn the pages of centuries-old Khojki and Gujarati manuscripts — digitised and catalogued for study.
Ways into the archive
Page by Page Books and Manuscripts
Page-by-page scans of Khojki, Gujarati and Satpanth manuscripts — many dated to the 1800s.
Academic References
Scholarly works on Ismaili history and thought, with one-click citation export.
Books
Printed books and ginan collections — devotional and historical works.
HS Khojki Manuscripts Catalogue
Manuscript descriptions and recovered tables of contents, with a printable view.
Ginans
The devotional ginan literature — books, editions and manuscript sources.
Browse Available Items
Items with scans, PDFs or full-text links in one place — searchable and filterable by type, language and period.
Catalogued folios
Khojki manuscript, dated 1820
A Khojki manuscript — black ink, legible, with ginan verses attributed to Syed Imam Shah.
241-page manuscript, Hyderabad (Sind)
Few Granths, Bai Buddhai (544 verses), ten Gugri na Ginans, and Pandavo no Parab of Syed Imamshah.
Satpanth manuscript, c. 1900
~15 granths and 50 ginans, several unpublished elsewhere; opens with the Anant Akhado granth.
Reading Rooms
Exhibit of Ismaili Manuscripts, 2017
A curated exhibition of manuscripts and lithographs spanning the 1700s to the early 1900s, drawn from Ismaili and offshoot branches.
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