King's Pote 126 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Jawāmiʿ al-Kalim fī al-Mawāʿiẓ wa-l-Ḥikam.

Author: Muttaqī, ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, d. 1567 علي بن عبد الملك بن قاضي خان المتقي

Title: Jawāmiʿ al-Kalim fī al-Mawāʿiẓ wa-l-Ḥikam

Language(s): Arabic

Colophon details: Place: Delhi (Shāhjahānābād) Date: 27 Ramaḍān 1126 (3rd year of Bahadur Shah's reign) / Oct 6 1714 Scribe: Khwāja Muḥammad Gadā al-Bukhārī خواجه محمد گدا البخارى .

References

Browne no. 359

Palmer no. (correction: 126)

Geschichte der arabischen Literatur C. Brockelmann 1892-1902 (2 vols. plus supplements) GAL II.384-5; GAL Supp. II.519

Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.65

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 200 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 25.8 × 16 cm.

Dimensions (written): 18.5 × 9 cm.

Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.

Condition

Water damage at the top of every folio.

Layout

21 lines per page.

Not ruled. Rubrications in red. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: naskh. Quality: Large, clear. Scribe: Khwāja Muḥammad Gadā al-Bukhārī خواجه محمد گدا البخارى.

Additions:

F.1r: two seals have been erased. Numerous marginal notes (including collation notes).

Numerous collation notes.

Binding

Light tan suede, European style. Doublures: plain paper (watermarked: "C. TAYLOR"). Dimensions: 26.5 × 16.7 × 2.7 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 288.

History

Origin: Delhi (Shāhjahānābād); 27 Ramaḍān 1126 (3rd year of Bahadur Shah's reign) AH; Oct 6 1714 CE

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

Funding of Cataloguing

King's College Cambridge

Subjects

Hadith--Collections

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