King's Pote 146 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Ḥāshiya-i Ḥalabī bar Muṭawwal.

Author: (of Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ) Qazwīnī, Jalāl al-dīn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, 1267 or 8-1338 قزويني، جلال الدين محمد بن عبد الرحمن

Commentator: (author of Muṭawwal) Taftāzānī, Masʿūd ibn ʿUmar, 1322-1389? تفتازاني، مسعود بن عمر

Glossator: Fanārī, Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad Shāh, 1436 or 7-1481 or 2 الفناري، حسن بن محمد شاه

Title: Ḥāshiya-i Ḥalabī bar Muṭawwal

Title: Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ (with glosses, Browne's title)

Title: تلخيص المفتاح مع وخواص

Title: حاشيهء حلبى بر مطول

Language(s): Arabic

Colophon details: Date: Sunday 17 Shaʿbān 1066 / 10 Jun 1656 Scribe: Manṣūr منصور .

Note concerning work: Browne identified the underlying work as Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ by Qazvīnī but since the incipit matches that in BL IO Bijapur 260 it seems Palmer and Polier were more correct in indicating the glossed work is the Muṭawwal of Taftāzānī, which is itself a commentary upon Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ. Qazvīnī's work was itself an improving abridgement of the Miftāḥ al-ʿulūm of Sakkākī.

References

Browne no. 328

Palmer no. 146

Geschichte der arabischen Literatur C. Brockelmann 1892-1902 (2 vols. plus supplements) GAL I.295; GAL Supp. I.518

A catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the India Office (vol. 1), O. Loth (1877) p.245 no.849 [BL IO Islamic 1596]

A catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the India Office (vol. 1), O. Loth (1877) p.246 no.852 [BL IO Bijapur 251]

A catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the India Office (vol. 1), O. Loth (1877) p.248 no.867 [BL IO Bijapur 260 (same incipit as King's pote 146)]

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 293 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 24.5 × 14.5 cm.

Dimensions (written): 17.5 × 9 cm.

Foliation: Foliated.

Condition

Significant worm damage. Also water damage.

Layout

21 lines per page.

Not ruled. Red rubrications. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: nastaʿlīq. Quality: Poor. Scribe: Manṣūr منصور.

Decoration

F.1r: 2 smudged seals (one reads: Muhammad).

Additions:

Numerous marginal notes.

Signs of collation.

Binding

Brown leather, Indian style. Marbled paper doublures. Decorations: Gold inlaid turanj, two pendants and corner pieces. A painted frame: double gold line. Condition: The spine is coming away from the textblock. Dimensions: 24.7 × 14.5 × 4.2 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 318.

History

Origin: Sunday 17 Shaʿbān 1066 AH; 10 Jun 1656 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

Arabic language--Rhetoric--Early works to 1800

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