King's Pote 148 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Lawāmiʿ al-Asrār (a commentary upon Maṭāliʿ al-Anwār, with gloss).

Author: Urmawī, Sirāj al-dīn Maḥmūd ibn Abī Bakr, 1198-1283 أرموى، سراج الدين محمود بن أبى بكر

Commentator: Quṭb al-Taḥtānī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1294 or 5-1364 or 5 القطب التحتاني، محمد بن محمد، 694-766 هـ

Glossator: Jurjānī, ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad, al-Sayyid al-Sharīf, 1340-1413 الجرجاني، علي بن محمد، السيد الشريف

Title: Lawāmiʿ al-Asrār (a commentary upon Maṭāliʿ al-Anwār, with gloss)

Title: Ḥāshiya-i mīr bar Sharḥ Maṭāliʿ

Title: لوامع الاسرار

Title: شرح مطالع الانوار

Title: حاشيهء مير بر شرح مطالع

Language(s): Arabic

Colophon details: Place: Madrasa Khalīlīyah Date: 3 Rajab 994 / 20 Jun 1586 Scribe: ʿAbd al-Jalīl عبد الجليل .

References

Browne no. 1202

Palmer no. 148

Geschichte der arabischen Literatur C. Brockelmann 1892-1902 (2 vols. plus supplements) GAL I.467;GAL I.209; GAL Supp. I.848

Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens, C. Rieu (1846-1871) p.249 no. 543 [BL Add. 7457 Rich.]

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 200 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 22.3 × 15 cm.

Dimensions (written): 15 × 8 cm.

Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.

Layout

21 lines per page.

Not ruled. Red rubrications. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: naskh. Quality: There is a change of hand to a neat naskh after around 20 folios. Scribe: ʿAbd al-Jalīl عبد الجليل.

Additions:

F.1r: a note giving the price: 130 rupees. The manuscript contains numerous marginal notes (in the second hand) written on the diagonal.

Signs of collation.

Binding

Reddish brown leather, Indian style. Plain yellow paper doublures. Decorations: Gold inlaid turanj, two pendants and corner-pieces. Dimensions: 22.2 × 14.5 × 3 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 314.

History

Origin: Madrasa Khalīlīyah; 3 Rajab 994 AH; 20 Jun 1586 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

Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World