King's Pote 224 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Sūndar Singār.
Author: Sūndar Mhākavī سوندر مهاكوى
Title: Sūndar Singār
Title: Sūndarshrngār
Title: سوندر سنگار
Language(s): Hindi

Colophon details: Place: Shāhjahānābād Date: Rajab 1138 (year 8 of Muḥammad Shāh) / Mar 1726 Scribe: Anonymous.

Note concerning work: A poem in Hindī.

References

Browne no. 772
Palmer no. 224
Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.134; p.456 (erotic poem by Sundar Mahakavi or Sundardas Mahakavirai)

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: c. 120 folios.
Dimensions (leaf): 21.8 × 12.4 cm.
Dimensions (written): 16 × 7 cm.
Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.

Layout

7 lines per page.

Not ruled. Rubrications in red. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: shikasta. Scribe: Anonymous.

Binding

Dark brown leather, European style. Plain paper doublures (watermarked). Dimensions: 22.4 × 12.6 × 1.9 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 546.

History

Origin: Shāhjahānābād; Rajab 1138 (year 8 of Muḥammad Shāh) AH; Mar 1726 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

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Funding of Cataloguing

King's College Cambridge

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