King's Pote 203 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Risāla fī Kayfīyat al-Ḥukm ʿAlā Taḥāwīl Sinī al-ʿĀlim. 1 copy of Risāla dar Istikhrāj-i Taqvīm al-Zīj-i Muntakhab.

1. ff.1v-79r

Author: Maghribī, Muḥyī al-dīn, d. ca. 1281 مغربى، محيى الدين

Title: Risāla fī Kayfīyat al-Ḥukm ʿAlā Taḥāwīl Sinī al-ʿĀlim

Title: Aḥkām al-Nujūm

Title: رساله فى كيفية الحكم على تحاويل سنى العالم

Language(s): Arabic

Colophon details: Date: 1020 / 1611-2 Scribe: Muḥammad Sharīf ibn Sulṭān Muḥammad Multānī محمد شريف بن سلطان محمد ملتانى .

Colophon further notes: In the time of Jahangir ibn Akbar (r. 1605 – 1627).

Note concerning work: A treatise on the determination of the transitions of the years.

References

Palmer no. 203.1

Geschichte der arabischen Literatur C. Brockelmann 1892-1902 (2 vols. plus supplements) GAL I.474 (6); GAL Supp. I.868

2. ff.79v-96r

Author: Anonymous

Title: Risāla dar Istikhrāj-i Taqvīm al-Zīj-i Muntakhab

Title: رساله در استخراج تقويم

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

Note concerning work: A treatise on the calendar according to the era of Yazdigird used by the Zoroastrians.

References

Palmer no. 203.2

Persian Literature: a bio-bibliographical survey C. A. Storey 1927–39 II.1 p.75 (possibly - ff.79-96 may be an extract)

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 79 + 17 = 96 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 19.2 × 11.6 cm.

Dimensions (written): 14.5 × 7 cm.

Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.

Layout

17 lines per page.

Not ruled. Rubrications in red. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Muḥammad Sharīf ibn Sulṭān Muḥammad Multānī محمد شريف بن سلطان محمد ملتانى.

Binding

Plain black leather, European style. Plain paper doublures. Dimensions: 19.9 × 11.6 × 1.7 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 468.

History

Origin: 1020 AH; 1611-2 CE 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

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King's College Cambridge

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