King's Pote 158 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Khazāyin al-Futūḥ.

Author: Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, ca. 1253-1325 امير خسرو دهلوى

Title: Khazāyin al-Futūḥ

Title: خزاين الفتوح

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: beginning of Rajab 1200 / May 1786 Scribe: Anonymous.

Note concerning work: A history of the reign of ʿAlā al-dīn Muḥammad Shāh Khiljī, from his accession to 711/1311.

References

Browne no. 427

Palmer no. 158

Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 p.240b [BL Add. 16838]

Persian Literature: a bio-bibliographical survey C. A. Storey 1927–39 I.1 p.502

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 99 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 23.9 × 15.8 cm.

Dimensions (written): 18.2 × 10.5 cm.

Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated. (But pieces of paper with a folio number have been inserted into the codex).

Layout

15 lines per page.

Ruled in double red with a black outer. Red rubrications. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Anonymous.

Binding

Marbled paper on suede, European style. Plain European paper doublures (watermarked). Condition: Damage to one corner. Dimensions: 24.3 × 16.2 × 1.7 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 368.

History

Origin: beginning of Rajab 1200 AH; May 1786 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

Delhi (Sultanate)--History

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