MNA – Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Institute for Political and International Studies of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the field of publishing Persian manuscript.


Given the existence of over 157 Persian manuscripts in the library of Hungarian Academy of Sciences and to provide a list of these manuscripts for the use of scholars, researchers, authors and enthusiasts to the Persian manuscript, a Memorandum of Understanding (Mou) was inked between Director General of Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Ahmad Haji Hosseini Executive Deputy of Institute for the Political and International Studies of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Under the agreement, the two sides agreed with each other to provide and publisha list of these copies separately in English and Persian.

The Hungarian Academy of Sciences in cooperation and collaboration with the Brill Publishers will publish the English version of the Persian Manuscript as the fifth volume of Eastern Manuscript Collection in the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Also, the specialized library of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will undertake the publication of a Persian edition of the manuscript by a reputable and famous Iranian publisher.

Accordingly, an Exhibition of Persian Manuscript available in the Hungarian Academy of Sciences will be held soon in Budapest, capital of Hungary concurrent with a daylong seminar on Iran’s cultural heritage and luminaries.