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Minasian collection of Near Eastern Manuscripts
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Minasian collection of Near Eastern Manuscripts
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1147
Physical Description:
88.6 linear feet
(178 boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1100-1899
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
PORTIONS OF THIS COLLECTION HAVE BEEN DIGITIZED. See the Online Items Available note for the link to the digitized materials.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9922214963606533
[Identification of item], Minasian Collection of Near Eastern Manuscripts (Collection 1147). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Caro O. Minasian, 1968.
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff.
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processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
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Collections.
Collection consists of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu manuscripts relating to Persian and Arabic lexicography, Persian
literature, history, Shiite theology and jurisprudence, practical arts, and philosophy and logic.
- Collection of Persian Calligraphic Samples (Collection 1123). Available at UCLA Library Special Collections.
- Caro Minasian Collection (Collection 1632). Available at UCLA Library Special Collections.
Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online:
Exhibit Collection of Near Eastern Manuscripts, 1492-1848(6 items).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
manuscripts (documents) -- Arab countries.