Sharjah Archives

The Sharjah Archives, earlier the Sharjah Centre for Documentation and Research, was established by resolution no. (4) of 2010, issued by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Muhammad AL Qasimi, member of the Supreme Council, the Ruler of Sharjah May Allah protect him. The goals of the department were set to collecting documents that present a sound material to the history of the emirate in particular, and the history of the state through all the ages, in general. The Centre preserves and archives those documents, and facilitates their study and have them published, and thus spread the cultural and historical awareness, as well as avail that material to researchers, who are wishing to utilize the informative material acquired by the department. In 2016, H.H. Ruler of Sharjah, issued resolution no. (4) of 2016, on the establishment and organization of the Sharjah Documentation and Archives Authority. The objectives of the Authority were set to collecting and preserving documents relate...