King's Pote 113(1) (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Mawāhib-i ʿAlīyah.

Author: Kāshifī, Ḥusayn Vāʿiẓ, d. 1504 or 5 كاشفى، حسين واعظ

Title: Mawāhib-i ʿAlīyah

Title: Tafṣir-i Ḥusaynī

Title: مواهب علية

Title: تفسير حسينى

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Fīrūz ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd فيروز بن عبد الحميد .

Note concerning work: Commentary upon the Qurʾān, composed in 897-9/1492-4. In two volumes, divided after Sūra 18.

References

Browne no. 1279

Palmer no. 113

Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 p.9-11 [BL Add. 7602]

Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.192

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 350 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 38.4 × 25.1 cm.

Dimensions (written): 29.2 × 16.2 cm.

Foliation: Foliated (in a strange way).

Layout

27 lines per page.

Ruled in double red with black or blue outer. Red rubrications. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: plain. Scribe: Fīrūz ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd فيروز بن عبد الحميد.

Binding

Reddish brown leather, European style. Plain paper doublures. Condition: Worming. Dimensions: 39.5 × 26.3 × 6 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 184.

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

Bibliography

Work in multiple volumes bearing the class-marks: 113(1), 113(2).

Funding of Cataloguing

King's College Cambridge

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