# Memory of the World Register – Arab States

The first inscriptions on the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register were made in 1997. By creating a compendium of the world's documentary heritage—manuscripts, oral traditions, audio-visual materials, library and archive holdings—the program aims to promote the preservation, digitization, and dissemination of documentary materials.
As of 2023, 494 documentary heritages have been included in the register. Of these, seventeen properties were nominated by countries from the region of the Arab States. They include religious and secular manuscripts, texts carved on stone, maps, and historical archives.

## Image gallery

* Rock inscriptions at Jabal Ikmah, Saudi Arabia
* Frontispiece from a Mamluk Quran manuscript, Egyptian National Library
* Commemorative stela of Nahr el-Kalb, Lebanon
* The Beggar at the Mosque from the Persian Illustrated and Illuminated Manuscripts of the Egyptian National Library

## List by country/territory

| Documentary heritage | Country/Territory | Custodian(s), Location(s) | Year inscribed |
| Al-Mustamlah Min Kitab Al-Takmila | Algeria | National Library of Algeria, Algiers 36°44′55″N 3°04′19″E﻿ / ﻿36.748481°N 3.071902°E﻿ / 36.748481; 3.071902﻿ (National Library of Algeria) | 2017 |
| First Summit Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement Archives | Algeria, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Serbia | Egyptian National Library and Archives, Cairo 30°03′59″N 31°13′39″E﻿ / ﻿30.066389°N 31.2275°E﻿ / 30.066389; 31.2275﻿ (Egyptian National Library and Archives) National Archives of India, Delhi 28°36′57″N 77°13′03″E﻿ / ﻿28.615781°N 77.217593°E﻿ / 28.615781; 77.217593﻿ (National Archives of India) National Archives of the Republic of Indonesia, South Jakarta 6°16′43″S 106°49′11″E﻿ / ﻿6.278618°S 106.819596°E﻿ / -6.278618; 106.819596﻿ (National Archives of Indonesia) Archives of Yugoslavia, Belgrade 44°47′21″N 20°26′31″E﻿ / ﻿44.789115°N 20.44197°E﻿ / 44.789115; 20.44197﻿ (Archives of Yugoslavia) National Archives of Algeria, Algiers 36°43′44″N 3°03′31″E﻿ / ﻿36.728778°N 3.058611°E﻿ / 36.728778; 3.058611﻿ (National Archives of Algeria) | 2023 |
| Memory of the Suez Canal | Egypt | Egyptian Embassy, Paris 48°52′04″N 2°17′46″E﻿ / ﻿48.867809°N 2.296108°E﻿ / 48.867809; 2.296108﻿ (Egyptian Embassy, Paris) | 1997 |
| National Library of Egypt's Collection of Mamluk Qur'an Manuscripts | Egypt | National Archives of Egypt, Cairo 30°04′02″N 31°13′38″E﻿ / ﻿30.067110°N 31.227230°E﻿ / 30.067110; 31.227230﻿ (Egyptian National Library and Archives) | 2013 |
| Deeds of Sultans and Princes | Egypt | National Archives of Egypt, Cairo 30°04′02″N 31°13′38″E﻿ / ﻿30.067110°N 31.227230°E﻿ / 30.067110; 31.227230﻿ (Egyptian National Library and Archives) | 2005 |
| Persian Illustrated and Illuminated Manuscripts | Egypt | National Library and Archives of Egypt, Cairo 30°04′02″N 31°13′38″E﻿ / ﻿30.067110°N 31.227230°E﻿ / 30.067110; 31.227230﻿ (Egyptian National Library and Archives) | 2007 |
| The Phoenician Alphabet | Lebanon | National Museum, Beirut 33°52′42″N 35°30′54″E﻿ / ﻿33.878416°N 35.515096°E﻿ / 33.878416; 35.515096﻿ (National Museum, Beirut) | 2005 |
| Commemorative stela of Nahr el-Kalb, Mount Lebanon | Lebanon | Municipality of Zouk Mosbeh; Municipality of Dbayeh 33°58′15″N 35°43′37″E﻿ / ﻿33.970741°N 35.726857°E﻿ / 33.970741; 35.726857﻿ (Commemorative stela of Nahr el-Kalb, Mount Lebanon) | 2005 |
| Camocio Maps | Malta, Czech Republic | Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague 50°04′08″N 14°25′28″E﻿ / ﻿50.068866°N 14.424536°E﻿ / 50.068866; 14.424536﻿ (Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague Map Collection) Heritage Malta 35°53′34″N 14°31′29″E﻿ / ﻿35.892700°N 14.524817°E﻿ / 35.892700; 14.524817﻿ (Heritage Malta) | 2017 |
| Kitab al-ibar, wa diwan al-mobtadae wa al-khabar | Morocco | Bibliothèque al-Quaraouiyyine, Fez 34°03′51″N 4°58′22″W﻿ / ﻿34.064143°N 4.972771°W﻿ / 34.064143; -4.972771﻿ (Bibliothèque al-Quaraouiyyine) | 2011 |
| Manuscript of al- Zahrāwīsur | Morocco | Bibliothèque Nationale du Royaume du Maroc, Rabat 34°00′30″N 6°50′34″W﻿ / ﻿34.008402°N 6.842639°W﻿ / 34.008402; -6.842639﻿ (Bibliothèque Nationale du Royaume du Maroc) | 2017 |
| Maden Al Asrar Fi Elm Al Behar Manuscript | Oman | Ministry of Heritage and Culture, Muscat 23°35′55″N 58°25′24″E﻿ / ﻿23.598696°N 58.423289°E﻿ / 23.598696; 58.423289﻿ (Ministry of Heritage and Culture) | 2017 |
| Earliest Islamic (Kufic) Inscription | Saudi Arabia | near Al-'Ula and Al Hijr archeological site NW Saudi Arabia 26°48′14″N 37°57′18″E﻿ / ﻿26.8040166°N 37.9550816°E﻿ / 26.8040166; 37.9550816﻿ (Al Hijr Archaeological Site) | 2003 |
| Arabian Chronicles in Stone: Jabal Ikmah | Saudi Arabia | Al-'Ula archeological site, NW Saudi Arabia 26°36′31″N 37°55′25″E﻿ / ﻿26.608611°N 37.923611°E﻿ / 26.608611; 37.923611﻿ (Al-'Ula Archaeological Site) | 2023 |
| Privateering and the international relations of the Regency of Tunis in the 18th and 19th centuries | Tunisia | National Archives of Tunisia, Tunis 36°47′58″N 10°09′53″E﻿ / ﻿36.799444°N 10.164791°E﻿ / 36.799444; 10.164791﻿ (National Archives of Tunisia) | 2011 |
| The Abolition of Slavery in Tunisia 1841-1846 | Tunisia | National Archives of Tunisia, Tunis 36°47′58″N 10°09′53″E﻿ / ﻿36.799444°N 10.164791°E﻿ / 36.799444; 10.164791﻿ (National Archives of Tunisia) | 2017 |
| The Music holdings in Baron Rodolphe d'Erlanger's archives (1910-1932) | Tunisia | Centre des Musiques Arabes et Méditerranéennes, Sidi Bou Saïd 36°52′01″N 10°20′44″E﻿ / ﻿36.866831°N 10.345667°E﻿ / 36.866831; 10.345667﻿ (Centre of Arab and Mediterranean Music) | 2023 |