Much of the Library of Congress's rare Persian-language collection came from Kirkor Minassian, an antiquities dealer who procured Islamic and Near-Eastern texts for the library during the 1930s.
Sources
- The Library of Congress Has Digitized 155 Persian Texts Dating ... (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-19-036/1000-years-of-literary-tradition-in-rare-persian-language-manuscripts-now-online-at-library-of-congress/2019-04-01/ (loc.gov)
- https://www.loc.gov/collections/persian-language-rare-materials/about-this-collection/ (loc.gov)
- https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2016/01/he-came-from-the-near-east/ (blogs.loc.gov)
- https://asia.si.edu/explore-art-culture/collections/search/edanmdm:fsg_F1938.3/ (asia.si.edu)
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