King's Pote 46 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)
Pote Collection
Contents
Colophon details: Date: Tuesday 8 Jumādā II 1141 / 9 Jan 1729 Scribe: Sayf al-dīn Muḥammad ibn Ghulām Muḥyā al-dīn ibn Muḥammad ibn Hāshim al-Dilvarī (fl. 1729-40) سيف الدين محمد بن غلام محيى الدين بن محمد بن هاشم الدلوارى .
Colophon further notes: The same scribe penned King's 100 in 1153/1740.
Note concerning work: Comprises 100 maqālas or “Discourses”.
References
Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Sayf al-dīn Muḥammad ibn Ghulām Muḥyā al-dīn ibn Muḥammad ibn Hāshim al-Dilvarī (fl. 1729-40) سيف الدين محمد بن غلام محيى الدين بن محمد بن هاشم الدلوارى .
Colophon further notes: There is no colophon but the hand is the same as in the other two works.
References
Colophon details: Date: Saturday 7 Muḥarram 1147 / 9 Jun 1734 Scribe: Sayf al-dīn Muḥammad ibn Ghulām Muḥyā al-dīn ibn Muḥammad ibn Hāshim al-Dilvarī (fl. 1729-40) سيف الدين محمد بن غلام محيى الدين بن محمد بن هاشم الدلوارى .
Note concerning work: Browne only recorded two works in this codex.
References
Physical Description
Layout
6 lines per page.
Not ruled. Red rubrications.
Hand(s)
Script: naskh. Scribe: Sayf al-dīn Muḥammad ibn Ghulām Muḥyā al-dīn ibn Muḥammad ibn Hāshim al-Dilvarī (fl. 1729-40) سيف الدين محمد بن غلام محيى الدين بن محمد بن هاشم الدلوارى.
Interlinear notes and translations.
Binding
Marbled paper on boards, leather spine, Indian style. Plain paper doublures. Condition: Spine damage. The upper board is separated. Dimensions: 20 × 12.5 × 3 cm. Boxed. Polier's number: 46.
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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