King's Pote 22 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Inshā-yi Mullā Ṭughrā.

Author: Ṭughrā-yi Mashhadī, active 17th century ملا طغراي مشهدي

Title: Inshā-yi Mullā Ṭughrā

Title: انشاى ملا طغرا

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Wednesday 25th Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1181 / 13th May 1768 Scribe: Muḥammad ʿAlī محمد على .

Colophon further notes: The colophon is on the final page in a different pen.

Note concerning work: Epistolary models.

References

Browne no. 113

Palmer no. 22

Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 p.743b, xvii [BL Add 16852]

Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library E. Sachau and H. Ethé 1889 col.844, no. 1389 [Bodl. 767]

Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.467

There is a Cawnpore edition of Ṭughrā’s tracts and letters

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 112 folios (according to a note on doublure).

Dimensions (leaf): 18.2 × 10.2 cm.

Dimensions (written): 14 × 7 cm.

Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.

Layout

13-17 lines per page.

Ruled in double red with a blue outer. Red rubrications. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: Indian nastaʿlīq. Quality: Fair. Scribe: Muḥammad ʿAlī محمد على.

Additions:

Occasional marginal corrections.

Binding

European style, plain reddish brown leather. Doublures European paper with watermark of "C. TAYLOR". Dimensions: 18.7 × 10.7 × 2.4 cm. Boxed. Polier's number: 30.

History

Origin: Wednesday 25th Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1181 AH; 13th May 1768 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