ManuscriptsOttoman17th century

Waqf (deed of gift to a mosque)

1617

Classification

Manuscripts

Medium

Text; ink on paper; leather binding

Culture

Ottoman

Period

Ottoman period

Century

17th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

26.3 x 17 cm (10 3/8 x 6 11/16 in.)

Provenance

[Drouot, Paris, 28 May 1975, lot 155], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1975, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.

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