Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

King's Pote 111 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Tārīkh-i Mahābat Jang.
ff.7v-85r
Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

Note concerning work: An historical work about ʿAlī Virdī Khān Mahābat Jang, who was Nawab of Bengal (r. 1740-1756). The work was completed in 1177/1763-4.

References

Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 p.312a [BL Add 27316]
Persian Literature: a bio-bibliographical survey C. A. Storey 1927–39 I.1 p.717
Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.344 (by Muhammad Wafa 'Azimabadi); p.494 (by Yusuf 'Ali Khan b. Ghulam 'Ali Khan)

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 79 folios.
Dimensions (leaf): 21.5 × 12.6 cm.
Dimensions (written): 17.7 × 8.8 cm.
Foliation: Foliated.

Layout

17 lines per page.

Ruled in double red with a black outer.

Hand(s)

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

Binding

Plain brown leather, European style binding. Plain paper doublures. Condition: Minor worming. Dimensions: 21.9 × 12.5 × 1.7 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 143.

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

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

Funding of Cataloguing

King's College Cambridge


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