King's Pote 156 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Khulāṣat al-Tawārīkh.

Author: Sujān Rāʾi, active 1690-1698 سوجان رای

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

Note concerning work: A general history of India from the earliest times to the accession of ʿĀlamgīr, compiled in 1107/1695-6.

References

Browne no. 436

Palmer no. 156

Persian Literature: a bio-bibliographical survey C. A. Storey 1927–39 I.1 p.455

Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.454 (author also known as Sujān Singh Munshī)

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 376 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 24.6 × 15.8 cm.

Dimensions (written): 19 × 10 cm.

Foliation: Foliated.

Condition

Water damage.

Layout

21 lines per page.

Not ruled. Red rubrications. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: shikasta. Scribe: Anonymous.

Binding

Marbled paper on suede, European style. Plain European paper doublures (watermarked). Dimensions: 25.2 × 16 × 5 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 367.

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

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

India--History

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