King's Pote 176 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Dīvān Shafīʿā. 1 copy of Qaṣāyid Rukn al-dīn.

Author: Shafīʿā Shīrāzī (d. 1701-2) شفيعا شيرازى

Title: Dīvān Shafīʿā

Title: ديوان شفيعا

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Place: Gujarat Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

Colophon further notes: 12 Jumādā I without a year.

References

Browne no. 558

Palmer no. 176.2

Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 p.791b [BL Egerton 695]

Author: Awḥadī, Rukn al-dīn, 1271 or 2-1337 or 8 اوحدی، رکن الدین

Title: Qaṣāyid Rukn al-dīn

Title: قصايد ركن الدين

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

References

Browne no. 558

Palmer no. 176.1

Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.464 (manuscripts of a Divan of Taqi Awḥadī)

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 80 + c. 80 = 160 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 23 × 12.5 cm.

Dimensions (written): 16 × 8 cm.

Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.

Layout

15 lines per page.

Not ruled. Rubrications in red. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: shikasta. Quality: The second work is in a different hand. Scribe: Anonymous.

Additions:

Prior to the start of the work: 3 pages of poetry.

Binding

Marbled paper on suede, European style. Plain paper doublures (watermarked). Dimensions: 23.4 × 12.5 × 2.2 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 411.

History

Origin: Gujarat Undated. 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

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