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It contains the correspondence between Yusuf İzzeddin Efendi's wives, children, Tevfik Biren, and his wife Necla Biren, as well as receipts showing their expenses. The fond consists of 4.048 documents (1,330 files) and covers topics such as the distribution of income among family members, expenses incurred, and the management of property.

The Veysel Pasha Papers belong to Veysel Pasha (1866-1892) and his son Ali Rıza Pasha (1901-1923), who were among the last of the Ottoman State’s Grand Mushirs. The collection consists of correspondence regarding their administrative, military, and political activities in the regions of Manastir, Prizren, Yakova, Ipek, and Kosovo in the Balkans, as well as their personal affairs. The collection, dating from 1866 to 1923, is organized in 141 documents, one folder and 85 files.

Timur Kocaoğlu (1947-), a Turkish historian and political scientist of Uzbek origin, was the first Uzbek scholar to defend his doctoral dissertation at Colombia University. The document was sent to ISAM as a donation by Kocaoğlu along with some books from the United States of America.
The collection features items dated between 1968 and 2019 and is categorized in 11 folders and 168 files. It contains many academic studies, personal correspondence, and documents belonging to Timur Kocaoğlu. The prominent documents in the collection include: notebooks containing poems, stories, and plays written in the handwriting of Dr. Captain Şerafeddin Bey, a martyr of the War of Independence; letters written by Şerafeddin Bey to his wife Hasine Hanım, his brother, poet Ahmet Kutsi Tecer, and his father; Ottoman postcards; photocopies of correspondence between Timur Kocaoğlu’s father Osman Kocaoğlu and Kazakh political leaders Mustafa Çokay and Ahmet Zeki Velidi Togan.

The Tercüman Newspaper Archive contains manuscripts (handwritten texts) from the Ottoman period and the early years of the Republic, including literary, historical, and mystical texts and works, as well as theater works, which have been transferred to Tercüman Newspaper Publications.
Literary works, poetry books, novels, essays, memoirs; historical documents, military histories, official documents (memoranda, dispatches, foundation and expense ledgers); Sufi works and texts focusing on topics such as wahdat al-wujud, tawhid, and stages of spiritual development; and works on Ottoman and early Turkish theater form the core content of the collection.
In addition, the archive also contains notebooks containing works and correspondence written in the handwriting of well-known figures in society. One of the most prominent sections of the collection consists of personal notebooks and letters belonging to the Sabri Kalkandelen family.
Some of these handwritten notebooks have been published, some have been published but are rare copies, and some have never been published.

This fond contains documents reflecting Rıza Tevfik's world of thought, the political events of his time, intellectual movements, and his relations with his environment and the world. Covering the years 1856-1997, the collection is organized in 32 folders and 921 files. It contains 3,998 documents of 12,978 pages, including correspondence with important people and institutions in Turkey and around the world, as well as manuscripts, photographs and newspaper clippings. The fond, which sheds light on the last period of the Ottoman Empire and the early years of the Republic, is a valuable source for research on this period.

These archival documents include expense ledgers, official correspondence, and various other documents related to the foundation established by Pertevniyal Valide Sultan and the income-generating properties (akarlar) affiliated with this foundation. Among the documents are lists of books donated by Valide Sultan, expenses related to candlesticks used in the Holy Mosque of Mecca, and information about the procurement of candles for these candlesticks. There are also ledgers showing the expenses incurred during the construction of the hospital she had built in Medina.
The archive also contains documents and correspondence related to the repairs and maintenance of various structures, as well as gifts made to state and foundation officials working under the foundation.

The collection contains Gökyay’s personal documents (diplomas, identity cards, certificates of honor, and photographs), his correspondence with many individuals and institutions in Turkey and abroad, his published poems and essays about poetry, manuscript copies of all his works, various works in the fields of literature, history, and folklore, and documents related to the Turanism Trial. The collection features items dated from between 1940 and 1992 and is categorized in 106 folders and 2,069 files.

Prof. Dr. Muḥammad b. Tāwīt al-Ṭanjī (1918-1974) was a Moroccan scholar of literature, fiqh, and history known for his scholarly publications. The collection includes works on history, literature, philosophy, hadith, astronomy, and many other subjects. The collection, which consists of notebooks, miscellaneous documents, and bibliographic fiches, is organized in three groups. Notebooks constitute a significant portion of the 550 documents. These notebooks, which largely contain academic notes, include bibliographical information, indexes, and various works, as well as research that al-Ṭanjī started but did not complete. The miscellaneous papers include 189 letters. The collection, which dates from 1814 to 1997, is classified in 96 folders and 768 files.

The Meşihat Archive, affiliated with the office of the Sheikh al-Islam in the Ottoman Empire, contains 54 registers and numerous documents belonging to the Council of the Sheikhs. The Council of the Sheikhs Registers document the Council's activities within the scholarly bureaucracy, including appointments, promotions, and dismissals within the Council's scholarly bureaucracy, the assessment of sheikhs' qualifications, complaints regarding sheikh appointments, requests from tekke officials, the requests and needs of dervishes residing in the tekke, differences in practices between orders, requests from tekke officials, and zikir-ayin procedures. The documents in the archive are an important source for understanding the structure of tekkes and orders during that period.

Mehmed Safayhi (1890-1977) served as a sorting officer at the Süleymaniye Library Directorate between 1937 and 1970. The 216 files of this collection are categorized under seven headings: bibliographic works, index and miscellaneous works, letters, family, professional documents, miscellaneous, poetry, prayers, and notes. The notebooks, which are available in full text, contain bibliographic information on hundreds of works. The alphabetically successive notebooks were prepared by Mehmed Safayhi during his tenure as a sorting officer at the Süleymaniye Library and can be used as a guide for cataloging manuscripts.