King's Pote 223 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Sirāj al-Istikhrāj.

Author: (probably) Mullā Farīd al-dīn Masʿūd ibn Ḥāfiẓ Ibrāhīm Dihlavī (d. ca. 1631) ملا فريد الدين مسعود بن حافظ ابراهیم دهلوى

Note concerning author: Mullā Farīd al-dīn later became astrologer to Emperor Shāhjahān.

Title: Sirāj al-Istikhrāj

Title: سراج الاستخراج

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

Colophon further notes: The manuscript ends with a table (there is no colophon).

References

Browne no.

Palmer no. 223

Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.544; p.141

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 59 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 24.9 × 14.3 cm.

Dimensions (written): 18.5 × 9.5 cm.

Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.

Layout

17 lines per page.

Not ruled. Rubrications in red. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: naskh. Scribe: Anonymous.

Additions:

F.1r: a long note (total of 59 folios, title, author, etc) - the owner is Shaykh Ghulām Muḥammad [ibn] Muḥammadpūrī. The manuscript contains a number of tables in red and black ink.

Notes concerning codex: Browne has no entry for this manuscript although it appears in his summary listing, p. 306).

Binding

Marbled paper on cardboard with leather spine, Indian style. Mustard coloured plain paper doublures. Condition: Worming. Dimensions: 25 × 14.2 × 1.3 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 541.

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

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