Box 3

File — Box: 3

Scope and Contents

Volume 1
Title: Shahnameh (Book of Kings)
Date: Possibly 1653 CE 1064 AH
[334] pp.
Description: Modern tri-fold box with enclosure
Notes: An epic poem possibly written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi (or a similar work in the "Shahnameh" genre) between c. 977 and 1010 CE. In Persian.
Provenance: unknown

Volume 2
Title: al-Qadi 'Abd al-Rahman bin 'Isa al-Unsi (Collected Poems of Judge Abd al-Rahman al-Unsi)
Date: 19th century
[167] pp.
Description: Tri-fold leather binding
Notes: Unsi was a Yemeni folk poet (1754-1835 CE)
Provenance: Gift of Naji Maloof June 1998

Volume 3
Title: Rumi Masnavi and Ferdowsi (Poems and Classic Works in Farsi Nastaliq)
Date: ---- century
[---] pp.
Description: Leather binding with onion skin sheets between leaves
Notes: In Nastaliq script; includes Masnavi by Rumi and works by Ferdowsi
Provenance: unknown, perhaps same as Shahnameh, above

Volume 4
Title: Koran [portion]
Date: 1779
[---] pp.
Description: Modern binding
Notes: Floral designs in latter half
Provenance: Gift of Naji Maloof June 1998. From the library of 'Isa Iskandar (Alexander) Malouf

Folder 5
Title: [----]
Date: ----
[1] pp.
Description: two loose leaves in Nastaliq script
Notes: ---
Provenance: unknown

Dates

From the Collection: 1544-1800s

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