Zayed Center for Heritage and History aims at grounding studies which are related to area studies of heritage and history.
This will be accomplished by obtaining sources, classyfying, archiving and preserving such sources.
The aim is to make the materials available for researchers in the field.
The Center's Library is in its infancy, yet it is growing, containing a large collection of documents both published
and unpublished.

(A) The Unpublished Documents
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1. 25 Dosiers of Ottoman Documents containing 5000 documents dating back form the last quarter of the nineteenth century until the beginning of the First World War. They cover the Arabian Peninsula and Iraq. Their subjects vary from Administration, Politics to Social lssues.
2. 25 Dosiers of Egyptian Documents containing 1000 documents from the beginning of the nineteenth century until the last quarter of it. These cover the Arabian Peninsula. Their subjects deal with the wars of Muhammad Ali and his sons in the area and the Egyptian Ottoman presence during that time.
3. 4 Dosiers of Russian Documents containing more than 200 Documents, dating back to the first decade of the twentieth century covering the Eastern Coast of the Gulf, the south of the Red Sea and al-Hijaz. Their subjects deal with the importance of the Haj Affairs to the Russian Empire and the importance of extending Russian trade to the region.