King's Pote 102(1) (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)
Pote Collection
Contents
Colophon details: Place: Lucknow Date: Rabīʿ II, 1198 / Feb-Mar 1784 Scribe: Imām Bakhsh امام بخش .
Colophon further notes: (the same scribe penned King's 73 and Eton 292(1)).
Note concerning manuscript: Begins with a table of contents with page numbers. Very large format with large lettering. On box: 102(1).
Note concerning work: A general history of India from the earliest times to 1005/1606-7. Polier's friend Jonathan Scott translated "Ferishta's History of the Dekkan" (1794).
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Physical Description
Condition
Layout
25 lines per page.
Ruled in red, yellow, blue and black. Red rubrications. Catchwords.
Hand(s)
Script: Indian nastaʿlīq. Quality: Good, large lettering (1.25 cm per line). Scribe: Imām Bakhsh امام بخش.
Binding
Dark brown leather, European style with gold inlay. Plain paper doublures. Decorations: Gold inlaid turanj and two pendants, corner pieces. Condition: Some of the gold inlay is damaged or has been lost. The edge of the upper board is badly torn. Dimensions: 47 × 31.5 × 4 cm. Boxed. Polier's number: 158.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
The "Pote Collection" arrived in England from India in 1790 and was divided between the Colleges of Eton and King's, Cambridge, with the first half alphabetically going to King's. Both halves of the collection are now housed in Cambridge University Library on permanent loan. Most if not all of the manuscripts had previously been owned by Colonel Antoine-Louis Henri Polier (1741–1795).
Gift of Edward Ephraim Pote (d.1832) in 1788.
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Availability
All manuscripts of the Pote Collection are on permanent loan at Cambridge University Library. Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card for admissions procedures consult Cambridge University Library. Contact near_eastern@lib.cam.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript
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