Box 2

File — Box: 2

Scope and Contents

Volume 1
Title: [Khamsa-i-Nizami]
Date: 18th or early 19th century
[260] pp.
Description: Written in double columns, 4 7/8 inches by 7 7/8 inches, in a decorated leather (worn) binding. One illuminated headpiece
Notes: A collection of five poems originally written in 552 AH. In Persian
Provenance: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Roderick M. Engert of Washington, DC June 1990

Volume 2
Title: Koran
Date: copied 1692 CE, 1104 AH
[330] pp.
Description: Calf (worn) with tooled and gilt covers and flap (cover is detached), 12 x 18 cm
Notes: Opening Surah contains illumination. In Arabic.
Provenance: Dr. Charles Jackson Friedlander, 1986

Dates

From the Collection: 1544-1800s

Conditions Governing Access

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