King's Pote 109 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Mirāt-i Jahān-namā.

Author: Muḥammad Baqā Sahāranpūrī محمد بقا سهارنپوری

Editor: Muḥammad Riz̤ā محمد رضا

Note concerning author: The editor was the author's brother. The author died in 1094/1683.

Title: Mirāt-i Jahān-namā

Title: Tārīkh-i Salāṭīn-i Dihlī

Title: ‎(‏تاريخ سلاطين دهلى‎) ‏مرات جهان نما

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

Note concerning work: Marshall (Mughals, p.105) describes this as "an extremely rare general history of the world".

References

Browne no. 1180

Palmer no. 109

Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 p.890 [BL Or. 1998]

Catalogue of Persian manuscripts in the library of the India Office (2 vols.) H. Ethé 1903-37 col.49, no. 126 [BL IO Islamic 1497 (Mirʾāt-i Jahānnumā; extremely rare); see also BL Or. 11777 with title Mirʾāt-i Jahān nāmah]

Persian Literature: a bio-bibliographical survey C. A. Storey 1927–39 I.1 p.133

Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.106; p.334; p.339

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 500 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 28.9 × 21.2 cm.

Dimensions (written): 23 × 15 cm.

Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.

Condition

Numerous repairs to the margins.

Layout

22 lines per page.

Not ruled. Red rubrications.

Hand(s)

Script: Indian nastaʿlīq. Quality: Bad. Scribe: Anonymous.

Additions:

Inserted into the flyleaves: a note in English, which reads: Mirat i-Jahan Numa by Muḥammad Baqā Sahārānpūrī.

Binding

Marbled paper on suede with a suede spine and corners. Plain paper doublures. Dimensions: 30 × 21.2 × 6 cm. Boxed. Polier's number: 150.

History

Origin: Undated.

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.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on E. G. Browne, "A supplementary hand-list of the Muhammadan manuscripts, including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge", Cambridge, 1922 and E. H. Palmer, "Catalogue of the oriental manuscripts in the library of King's College, Cambridge", J.R.A.S. v.3 (1867), pp.105-131 enhanced with additional descriptions and corrections by Shiva Mihan.

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

Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World