King's Pote 67 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Tārīkh-i Maḥmūd Shāh.

Author: Shihāb-i Ḥakīm ʿAlī ibn Maḥmūd al-Kirmānī, fl. 1469 شهاب حکیم علی بن محمود الکرمانی

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: 1199 / 1785 Scribe: Ḥāfiẓ Muḥammad Saʿādat Allāh Khān Jalsīrī حافظ محمد سعادت الله خان جلسيرى .

Colophon further notes: Ordered by Dānyāl Mūsā. The same scribe penned King's 249 and King's 137(2).

Note concerning work: A history of Maḥmūd Shāh, who ruled over Malwa from 839-873 (1435-1468).

References

Browne no. 249

Palmer no. 67

Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library E. Sachau and H. Ethé 1889 col.143, no. 270 [Bodl. Elliot 237]

Persian Literature: a bio-bibliographical survey C. A. Storey 1927–39 I.1 p.735 (1199H)

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 485 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 24.5 × 15.5 cm.

Dimensions (written): 18 × 10 cm.

Foliation: Foliated.

Layout

15 lines per page.

Not ruled. Rubrications in red.

Hand(s)

Script: Indian nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Ḥāfiẓ Muḥammad Saʿādat Allāh Khān Jalsīrī حافظ محمد سعادت الله خان جلسيرى.

Binding

Marbled paper on suede with a suede spine. European style. Plain paper doublures (watermarked). Dimensions: 25 × 15.5 × 6 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 198.

History

Origin: 1199 AH; 1785 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

Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World