King's Pote 164 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Dīwān Valī.

Author: Valī, Banvālī Dās ولى، بنوالى داس

Language(s): Hindi

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

Note concerning work: The author is also known as Banvālī Dās and Valī Rām ( munshī to Dārā-Shikūh) - see King's 198, King's 14 and Marshall pp.104-5.

References

Browne no. 630

Palmer no. 164

Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.484 (Dīwān of the celebrated Deccani poet Valī (1667-1741))

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 120 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 28.7 × 17.8 cm.

Dimensions (written): 19.4 × 11.6 cm.

Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.

Layout

15 lines per page.

Ruled in double black with a black outer. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: nastaʿlīq. Quality: Neat. Scribe: Anonymous.

Binding

Plain reddish brown leather, European style. Plain paper doublures (watermarked: "TAYLOR"). Dimensions: 29.7 × 18.6 × 1.8 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 407.

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

Hindustani poetry

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