King's Pote 167 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Dīvān Khāqānī.

Author: Khāqānī, Afz̤al al-dīn Shirvānī, ca. 1126-1198 or 9 خاقاني، افضل الدين شرواني

Title: Dīvān Khāqānī

Title: ديوان خاقانى

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

References

Browne no. 542

Palmer no. 167

Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library E. Sachau and H. Ethé 1889 col.480, no.561 [Bodl. Elliot 74]

Persian Literature: a bio-bibliographical survey C. A. Storey 1927–39 V.2 p.388

A catalogue of Persian manuscripts in the library of the University of Cambridge, E. Browne (1896) p.300, no. 208 [Camb. Oo. 6.28]

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 300 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 26.9 × 15 cm.

Dimensions (written): 20.5 × 8.5 cm.

Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.

Condition

Repairs to margins and to worm holes.

Layout

15 lines per page.

Not ruled. 2 columns (verse). Rubrications in red. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Anonymous.

Additions:

Many marginal and interlinear notes (sometimes signed by Mulla "12").

Binding

Reddish brown leather, European style. Plain paper doublures. Dimensions: 27.5 × 16.3 × 4.1 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 395(+).

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

Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World