King's Pote 60 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Poṭhi Bhāvatī. 1 copy of Poṭhi Chitrāval. 1 copy of Sab Sayā. 1 copy of Fāḍil ʿAlī Prakās.
1. pp.1-401
Author: Dug-haran دگهرن
Title: Poṭhi Bhāvatī
Title: پوٹهی بهاوتی
Language(s): Hindi

Colophon details: Date: Jumādā I, yr 21 of Muḥammad Shāh, i.e. c.1151 / c.1738 Scribe: Zayn ʿAlī Qarvātī زين على قرواتى .

Colophon further notes: F.1r note with date: 3rd Rabīʿ I, year 2.

References

Browne no. 221
Palmer no. 60.1
2. pp.405-712
Author: Fāz̤il ʿAlī Prakās فاضل علی پركاس
Title: Poṭhi Chitrāval
Title: پوٹهی چتراول
Language(s): Hindi

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

References

Browne no. 221
Palmer no. 60.2
3. pp.717-758
Author: Bihāzī بهازی
Title: Sab Sayā
Title: سب سیا
Language(s): Hindi

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

References

Browne no. 221
Palmer no. 60.3
4. pp.765-832
Author: Sag-hdīv سگهدیو
Title: Fāḍil ʿAlī Prakās
Title: فاضل علی پرکاس
Language(s): Hindi

Colophon details: Place: Shāhjahānābād Date: 8 Ṣafar yr 21 of Muḥammad Shāh, i.e. c.1151 / c.1738 Scribe: Zayn ʿAlī Qarvātī زين على قرواتى .

References

Browne no. 221
Palmer no. 60.4

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 832 pages.
Dimensions (leaf): 23 × 12.8 cm.
Dimensions (written): 19 × 9 cm.
Foliation: Paginated.

Layout

18 lines per page.

Not ruled.

Hand(s)

Script: shikasta. Scribe: Zayn ʿAlī Qarvātī زين على قرواتى.

Binding

Brown leather, Indian style. Marbled paper doublures. Decorations: Pressure moulded turanj and two pendants (with traces of paper glued on). Dimensions: 23.5 × 13.5 × 4.5 cm. Boxed. Polier's number: 95.

History

Origin: Jumādā I, yr 21 of Muḥammad Shāh, i.e. c.1151 AH; c.1738 CE Undated. ; Shāhjahānābād; 8 Ṣafar yr 21 of Muḥammad Shāh, i.e. c.1151 AH; c.1738 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

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Funding of Cataloguing

King's College Cambridge

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