King's Pote 236 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Sharḥ Ḥikmat al-ʿAyn.

Author: Qazwīnī, ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar, 1203 or 4-1276 or 7 قزوينى، على بن عمر، 600-675 هـ

Commentator: Bukhārī, Muḥammad ʿAlī ibn Mubārakshāh, d. ca. 1340 بخاري، محمد علي بن مبارك شاه

Language(s): Arabic

Colophon details: Date: 12 Jumādā II, 1106 / 28 Jan 1695 Scribe: Muḥammad Munīr al-Badāwanī محمد منير البداونى .

Colophon further notes: The replacements were finished on this date.

Note concerning work: Browne’s identification of the commentary and its author he states is mere conjecture.

References

Browne no. 410

Palmer no. 236

Geschichte der arabischen Literatur C. Brockelmann 1892-1902 (2 vols. plus supplements) GAL I.466; GAL Supp. I.847

A catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the India Office (vol. 1), O. Loth (1877) p.139 no.498 [BL IO Islamic 623]

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 243 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 22 × 14 cm.

Dimensions (written): 14.5 × 8 cm.

Foliation: Foliated.

Condition

Water and worm damage. F.1 is a replacement as are ff.4-9. Repairs to the margins and to worm damage.

Layout

23 lines per page.

Not ruled. Rubrications in red. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: Naskh. Scribe: Muḥammad Munīr al-Badāwanī محمد منير البداونى.

Additions:

Signs of collation.

Binding

Reddish brown leather, European style. Plain paper doublures (watermarked: "C. TAYLOR"). Dimensions: 22.7 × 14 × 3.3 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 601.

History

Origin: 12 Jumādā II, 1106 AH; 28 Jan 1695 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