King's Pote 253 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Shāhjahān nāmah.

Author: Kalīm, Abū Ṭālib, d. 1651? كليم، ابو طالب

Title: Shāhjahān nāmah

Title: شاه جهان نامه

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

References

Browne no. 792

Palmer no. 253

Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 p.686-7 [esp. BL Or. 357 (Pādshāh nāmah)]

Persian Literature: a bio-bibliographical survey C. A. Storey 1927–39 I.1 p.580

A catalogue of the Arabic, Persian and Hindu'sta'ny manuscripts, of the libraries of the King of Oudh, A. Sprenger (1854) p.454

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 450 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 24 × 14 cm.

Dimensions (written): 16 × 8 cm.

Foliation: Foliated.

Layout

11 lines per page.

Ruled in double red (2 columns). Rubrications in red. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: nastaʿlīq. Quality: Good. Scribe: Anonymous.

Binding

Reddish brown leather, European style. Plain paper doublures. Dimensions: 24.7 × 13.5 × 7.5 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 587.

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

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