King's Pote 237(2) (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)
Pote Collection
Contents
Colophon details: Place: Muradabad Date: Undated Scribe: Muḥammad Khān محمد خان .
Colophon further notes: 27th Dhū al-Ḥijjah but no year provided.
Note concerning work: This commentary is likely that known as al-Mughnī.
References
Physical Description
Condition
Layout
19 lines per page.
Not ruled. Red rubrications. Catchwords.
Hand(s)
Script: shikasta. Scribe: Muḥammad Khān محمد خان.
F.1r: two seals and a partially erased note mentioning the court of Shah Jahan. The manuscript contains marginal notes.
Signs of collation.
Binding
Marbled paper on suede with a suede spine, European style. Plain paper doublures (watermarked). Dimensions: 25.3 × 15 × 4 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 623.
History
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
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
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Funding of Cataloguing
King's College Cambridge
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