King's Pote 24 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Ādāb al-Mutaʿallimīn.

Author: Anonymous

Title: Ādāb al-Mutaʿallimīn

Title: آداب المتعلّمين

Language(s): Arabic

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Mīr Ḥusayn مير حسين .

Colophon further notes: Rajab 21 year 5 of some rule.

References

Browne no. 6

Palmer no. 24

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 17 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 22.5 × 13.6 cm.

Dimensions (written): 17 × 9 cm.

Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.

Condition

Minor worm damage.

Layout

11 lines per page.

Not ruled. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: Unconventional shikasta. Quality: Moderate (Browne: very badly written). Scribe: Mīr Ḥusayn مير حسين.

Additions:

Some signs of collation.

Binding

Cardboard affixed to leather. Plain paper doublures. Condition: Spine damaged and in need of repair. Last folio detached. Dimensions: 22.7 × 13.7 × 0.7 cm. Boxed. Polier's number: 14.

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

Funding of Cataloguing

King's College Cambridge

Subjects

Islamic education

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