King's Pote 59 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Bustān al-ʿĀrifīn.

Author: Abū al-Layth al-Samarqandī, Naṣr ibn Muḥammad, -983? أبو الليث السمرقندي، نصر بن محمد، ت. 373 هـ

Title: Bustān al-ʿĀrifīn

Title: بستان العارفين

Language(s): Arabic

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: ʿAvaz̤ ibn Muḥammad Muʿīn عوض بن محمد معين .

References

Browne no. 174

Palmer no. 59

Geschichte der arabischen Literatur C. Brockelmann 1892-1902 (2 vols. plus supplements) GAL I.196; GAL Supp. I.348

A hand-list of the Muḥammadan manuscripts, including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge, E. Browne (1900) p.21 [Camb. Qq.157]

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 82 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 20.8 × 14.6 cm.

Dimensions (written): 16.5 × 10 cm.

Foliation: Foliated.

Layout

23 lines per page.

Not ruled.

Hand(s)

Script: Indian nastaʿlīq. Quality: (change of hand to naskh after f.5). Scribe: ʿAvaz̤ ibn Muḥammad Muʿīn عوض بن محمد معين.

Binding

Reddish brown plain leather, European style. Plain European paper doublures. Watermarked "C. TAYLOR" and elsewhere "G.R.". Dimensions: 21.2 × 14.8 × 1.8 cm. Boxed. Polier's number: 94.

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

Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World