King's Pote 14 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)
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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Kayān top-hī. 1 copy of Rām Gītā. 1 copy of Miṣbāḥ al-Hudā. 1 copy of Arjun Gītā. 1 copy of Suʾāl va Javāb-i Dārā-Shikūh bā Bābā Lāl.1.Title: Kayān top-hīTitle: كيان تپهىLanguage(s): PersianColophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.
Colophon further notes: The third work is dated 1159 / 1746.
Note concerning manuscript: The first work is entirely in verse (2 cols).
Note concerning work: The author is also known as Banvālī Dās and Valī ( munshī to Dārā-Shikūh) - see King's 198, King's 164 and Marshall pp.104-5.
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2.Title: Rām GītāTitle: رام گیتاLanguage(s): PersianColophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.
Note concerning work: The author is also known as Banvālī Dās and Valī ( munshī to Dārā-Shikūh) - see King's 198, King's 164 and Marshall pp.104-5.
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3.Title: Miṣbāḥ al-HudāTitle: مصباح الهداLanguage(s): PersianColophon details: Date: Thursday 11 Muḥarram 1159 / 3 Feb 1746 Scribe: Anonymous.
Note concerning work: The author is also known as Banvālī Dās and Valī ( munshī to Dārā-Shikūh) - see King's 198, King's 164 and Marshall pp.104-5.
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4.Author: AnonymousTitle: Arjun GītāTitle: ارجن گیتاLanguage(s): PersianColophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.
Note concerning manuscript: Translated from Sanskrit into Persian.
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5.Language(s): PersianColophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.
Note concerning work: Questions put by Dārā-Shikūh to Bābā Lāl as to points of Hindū doctrine, with the latter’s answers. The author is also known as Banvālī Dās and Valī ( munshī to Dārā-Shikūh) - see King's 198, King's 164 and Marshall pp.104-5.
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Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 p.1034a [BL Or. 1883]Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: c. 170 folios.Dimensions (leaf): 21.7 × 14 cm.Dimensions (written): 18.5 × 9.5 cm.Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.Layout
15 lines per page.
Not ruled. Catchwords.
Hand(s)
Script: nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Anonymous.
Additions:F.1r: the seal of Polier (1181).
Binding
Plain reddish brown leather, European style. Plain paper doublures. Dimensions: 22.3 × 14.5 × 3 cm. Boxed. Polier's number: 17.
History
Origin: Undated. Thursday 11 Muḥarram 1159 AH; 3 Feb 1746 CE Undated. 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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