King's Pote 256(2) (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)
Pote Collection
Contents
Colophon details: Date: Tuesday, 17 Rajab yr 6 Ahmad Shah (i.e. 1165) / 31 May 1752 Scribe: Ghulām Qadīrī, known as Ghulāmī, son of Muḥammad Dāvūd, known as Rustam, son of Maḥmūd, known as ʿĪsā غلام قديرى، غلامى، ولد محمد داود، رستم، ولد محمود، عيسى .
References
Physical Description
Layout
12 lines per page.
Not ruled. Rubrications in red. Catchwords.
Hand(s)
Script: nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Ghulām Qadīrī, known as Ghulāmī, son of Muḥammad Dāvūd, known as Rustam, son of Maḥmūd, known as ʿĪsā غلام قديرى، غلامى، ولد محمد داود، رستم، ولد محمود، عيسى.
Binding
Reddish brown leather, Indian style. Plain mustard coloured paper doublures. Dimensions: 18 × 12 × 1.2 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 591+ (correcting 391+).
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
Funding of Cataloguing
King's College Cambridge
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