King's Pote 33(2) (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Iqbāl-nāmah.

Author: Muʿtamad Khān, Muhammad Sharīf, d. 1639 or 40 معتمد خان، محمد شريف

Title: Iqbāl-nāmah

Title: اقبالنامه

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Place: Lahore Date: 11 Rajab 1086 (year 18 Aurangzeb) / 1 Oct 1675 Scribe: Anonymous.

Note concerning manuscript: Title (on flyleaf): Jahangir nameh, known as Iqbal nameh.

References

Browne no. 77

Palmer no. 33

Persian Literature: a bio-bibliographical survey C. A. Storey 1927–39 I.1 p.561 (1063H; 1086H)

Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.361

A catalogue of Persian manuscripts in the library of the University of Cambridge, E. Browne (1896) p.171, no. 96 [Camb. Oo. 6.62])

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 200 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 22.3 × 14 cm.

Dimensions (written): 17 × 9.5 cm.

Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.

Layout

16 lines per page.

Not ruled.

Hand(s)

Script: Indian nastaʿlīq. Quality: Messy. Scribe: Anonymous.

Additions:

The seal of Polier (1181) and two others (one a square Indian seal).

Binding

Plain red leather, European style. Plain paper doublures. Condition: The final quires are loose. Dimensions: 23.2 × 14.2 × 4 cm. Boxed. Polier's number: 25.

History

Origin: Lahore; 11 Rajab 1086 (year 18 Aurangzeb) AH; 1 Oct 1675 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

Bibliography

Work in multiple volumes bearing the class-marks: 33(1), 33(2).

Funding of Cataloguing

King's College Cambridge

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