Much of the Library of Congress' rare Persian-language collection came from Kirkor Minassian, an antiquities dealer who procured Islamic and Near-Eastern texts for the library during the 1930s.
Notes on verification
Directly confirmed by the Library of Congress's own official collection page and press release, corroborated by an LOC blog post and independent trade press (Fine Books & Collections). Minor date discrepancies (1929 vs 1930s) exist in some item-level records but do not undermine the overall claim. [tier=silver indep_score=0.925 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- The Library of Congress Has Digitized 155 Persian Texts Dating ... (seed:culture_and_philosophy)
- 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/ (corroboration)
- https://www.loc.gov/collections/persian-language-rare-materials/about-this-collection/ (corroboration)
- https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2016/01/he-came-from-the-near-east/ (corroboration)
- https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/news/rare-persian-language-manuscripts-now-online-library-congress (corroboration)