King's Pote 233 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Sharḥ Zīj Ulugh Bayg.

Author: Ulugh Beg, 1394-1449 الغ بيگ

Commentator: Birjandī, ʿAbd al-ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn, 16th cent. برجندی، عبد العلی بن محمد بن حسين

Title: Sharḥ Zīj Ulugh Bayg

Title: شرح زيج الغ بيگ

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

Note concerning work: Astronomical tables.

References

Browne no. 741

Palmer no. 233

Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 p.455-7 and pp.457-8 [BL Add. 23567]

Persian Literature: a bio-bibliographical survey C. A. Storey 1927–39 II.1 p.71

Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.470

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 350 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 27 × 16.5 cm.

Dimensions (written): 19.5 × 10.5 cm.

Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.

Layout

21 lines per page.

Not ruled. Rubrications in red. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: naskh. Scribe: Anonymous.

Additions:

F.1r: some notes and a large circular seal (almost illegible - a similar seal of Arshad Khān is found in King's 181; a related seal appears in King's 190 and King's 78). The manuscript contains numerous diagrams in red and black ink.

Binding

Reddish brown leather, European style. Plain paper doublures (watermarked: WHATMAN; also: shield, fleur-de-lys and "G.R."). Dimensions: 27.5 × 16.5 × 5 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 603.

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