This page provides a list of archives from around the world that we have reviewed:
Başbakanlık Osmanlı Arşivi is the primary repository for state archival documents in Turkey related to the Ottoman Empire. As the only major achive of a pre-modern Muslim state, the archive contains a vast collection of unique documents pertaining to the administration of one of world history’s largest empires. After more than a century in the center of the old city, the Ottoman archives was relocated in 2013 to the Kağıthane district of Istanbul.
The Archive and Library of the Topkapı Palace Museum (Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi) contain some of the most important documents and manuscripts pertaining to Ottoman and Islamic history. The Library and Archive are both located on the grounds of Topkapı Palace in the Sultan Ahmet district of Istanbul.