Guide to the Ahmad Shah Siddiqi collection, 1979-1989, 1979-1989

Collection number:: PIC/16011
Extent:: 1.5 metres and (2 boxes + 4 map-folios)
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: Items from this collection should be cited as 'Ahmad Shah Siddiqi collection, 1979-1989, National Library of Australia, PIC/16011, [series/file/item number(s)]'.
Availability:: Available
Access conditions:: Permission required for research. Not for loan.

Content Summary:: Personal collection of Ahmad Shah Siddiqi documenting his time in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Australia during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan between 1979 and 1989. The collection comprises approximately 250 photographs, mostly colour, which document the activities of Afghan Mujahideen fighters during the Soviet-Afghan war; 118 anti-Soviet propaganda posters produced by the Internal Islamic Fronts of Afghanistan; 66 Afghan newspapers including issues from Daily Shahadat, Alfalah and Ghalbe Assia; papers written in Farsi; and other ephemera including cards, stickers and Islamic headscarves produced by the Press and Information Department, Political Committee Hezb-i-Islami, Afghanistan.

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:: Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6612311).
Conditions Governing Use:: Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred citation:: Items from this collection should be cited as 'Ahmad Shah Siddiqi collection, 1979-1989, National Library of Australia, PIC/16011, [series/file/item number(s)]'.

Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia