Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

King's Pote 174 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Dīwān Mīr Taqī.
Language(s): Hindi

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

Colophon further notes: There is no colophon.

References

Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.293

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: c. 250 folios.
Dimensions (leaf): 21.3 × 14.2 cm.
Dimensions (written): 16.2 × 10.7 cm.
Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.

Layout

11 lines per page.

Ruled in double red with a blue outer. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: Indian nastaʿlīq. Quality: Good. Scribe: Anonymous.

Binding

Marbed paper on cardboard. Plain cardboard doublures. Condition: Both boards are detached. In need of repair. Dimensions: 21.1 × 14 × 3.3 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 405.

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

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


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