King's Pote 204 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Risāla-i Muḥammad Shāh va Khāndawrān.

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Title: Risāla-i Muḥammad Shāh va Khāndawrān

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: 1199 / 1784-5 Scribe: Anonymous.

Note concerning work: Memoirs of the Amīr al-Umarā Ṣamṣām al-Dawla Khāndawrān and his times. He was killed in battle in 1151/1738-9.

References

Browne no. 675

Palmer no. 204

Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 p.277 [BL Or. 180]

Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.254

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 239 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 24.3 × 15.4 cm.

Dimensions (written): 18.5 × 10 cm.

Foliation: Foliated.

Layout

13 lines per page.

Not ruled. Rubrications in red. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Anonymous.

Binding

Marbled paper on suede with a suede spine, European style. Plain paper doublures (watermarked). Dimensions: 24.9 × 15.8 × 3 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 481.

History

Origin: 1199 AH; 1784-5 CE

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