Manuscripts

Qur'an

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Description: The auction description, which accompanies the manuscripts, states that the manuscript was written by an enslaved person of Mungo Park, Scottish explorer of West Africa.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 19th century.
Call number: mssHM 1114
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of March 1931.
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Dimensions: 18 x 12 cm
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