King's Pote 134 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Jaẕb al-Qulūb ilā Diyār al-Maḥbūb. (Persian abridgement of al-Samhūdī’s work on al-Madīna, Wafāʾ al-Wafāʾ, or Khulāṣat al-Wafā).
Author: Samhūdī, ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh, 1440-1506 السمهودي، علي بن عبد الله، 844-911 هـ
Translator: ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq ibn Sayf al-dīn Dihlavī, 1551-1642 الدهلوي، عبد الحق بن سيف الدين، 959-1052 هـ
Title: Jaẕb al-Qulūb ilā Diyār al-Maḥbūb. (Persian abridgement of al-Samhūdī’s work on al-Madīna, Wafāʾ al-Wafāʾ, or Khulāṣat al-Wafā)
Title: جذب القلوب الى ديار المحبوب
Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

Note concerning manuscript: 2nd flyeaf: a table of contents.

Note concerning work: Persian abridgement of al-Samhūdī’s monograph on Medina.

References

Browne no. 355
Palmer no. 134
Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 p.1055a [BL Or. 2059/29]
Catalogue of Persian manuscripts in the library of the India Office (2 vols.) H. Ethé 1903-37 col.378, no. 720 [BL IO Islamic 785]
Geschichte der arabischen Literatur C. Brockelmann 1892-1902 (2 vols. plus supplements) GAL II.173-4; GAL Supp. II.223
Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.7

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Pink paper.
Extent: 270 folios.
Dimensions (leaf): 20.5 × 12 cm.
Dimensions (written): 15.5 × 8.5 cm.
Foliation: Foliated.

Condition

Significant worm damage. Also water damage. Some repairs to worm damage.

Layout

15 lines per page.

Not ruled. Rubrications in red. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: Indian nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Anonymous.

Additions:

F.1r: two seals (one with a Qur'anic verse dated 1127; the other dated 1134, ʿAlī Khān Muḥyī al-dīn).

Marks of collation.

Binding

Marbled paper on leather with leather spine, Indian style. Plain paper doublures. Condition: Worm damage. Dimensions: 20.5 × 11.5 × 3.3 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 285.

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

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Funding of Cataloguing

King's College Cambridge

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