TOSHAKHANA is Khajistan's Special Collections, dedicated to rescuing rare periodicals, manuscripts, books, and ephemera from the Islamic world. We digitize these materials to ensure their accessibility through the forthcoming Khajistan Reader. After digitization, the physical items require professional care. We seek partners with archival expertise to safeguard Khajistan's curated treasures by professionally preserving and storing the last pieces of our obscure histories. Current partners include the Kislak Center at the University of Pennsylvania, and the libraries of Princeton and Stanford. All listed TOSHAKHANA materials are stored and shipped from Brooklyn, NY. For acquisition inquiries, please contact info@khajistan.com.
Announcements + Archive Insights
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Read more: Archive Forensics: Firdusi No. 5, November 1978 — In That Suffocation, If Only They Had Let Us Be
Archive Forensics: Firdusi No. 5, November 1978 — In That Suffocation, If Only They Had Let Us Be
Archive Forensics: Part of an Ongoing Series In Archive Forensics, we pull one magazine out of Khajistan's digitized archive and read it closely. T...Read more -
Read more: Archive Forensics: Al-Dunya al-Musawwara (Issue 34, 8 January 1930) – The Illustrated World
Archive Forensics: Al-Dunya al-Musawwara (Issue 34, 8 January 1930) – The Illustrated World
Archive Forensics: Part of an Ongoing Series In Archive Forensics, we pull one magazine out of Khajistan's digitized archive and read it closely. T...Read more -
Read more: Archive Forensics: Eastern Film (October 1971): "A Cinema in Denial"
Archive Forensics: Eastern Film (October 1971): "A Cinema in Denial"
A close reading of Eastern Film’s October 1971 issue, showing Pakistan’s film industry before Bangladesh through studio reports, censorship, star profiles, advertisements, reader letters, and release blockages.
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