King's Pote 77 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Muntakhab al-Tawārīkh.

Author: Badāʾūnī, ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Mulūk Shāh, b. 1540 عبد القادر بن ملوكشاه بدائونی

Title: Muntakhab al-Tawārīkh

Title: Tārīkh-i Badāyūnī

Title: منتخب التواريخ

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Friday, 23 Jumādā II, 1004 / 23 Feb 1596 Scribe: Anonymous.

Colophon further notes: The final folio (with this date) is a replacement.

Note concerning work: History of India from the Muḥammadan conquest to the fortieth year of Akbar’s reign (1004/1595-6).

References

Browne no. 1252

Palmer no. 77.1

Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 pp.222 [BL Add. 6581]

Catalogue of Persian manuscripts in the library of the India Office (2 vols.) H. Ethé 1903-37 col.98, no. 233 [BL IO Islamic 1139]

Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library E. Sachau and H. Ethé 1889 col.105, no. 192 [Bodl. Elliot 248]

Persian Literature: a bio-bibliographical survey C. A. Storey 1927–39 I.1 p.439

Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.17

A catalogue of Persian manuscripts in the library of the University of Cambridge, E. Browne (1896) p.116, no. 60 [Camb. Oo. 6.13]

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 550 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 22.2 × 15.7 cm.

Dimensions (written): 17 × 9.5 cm.

Foliation: Foliated.

Condition

The first 2 folios and the last are replacements.

Layout

18 lines per page.

Not ruled. Red rubrications.

Hand(s)

Script: Indian nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Anonymous.

Additions:

F.1r: the seal of Polier (1181).

Binding

Plain brown leather, European style. Plain paper doublures. Condition: Damage to the spine (the headband is loose and in need of repair). Dimensions: 23 × 15.5 × 7.5 cm. Boxed. Polier's number: 144+.

History

Origin: Friday, 23 Jumādā II, 1004 AH; 23 Feb 1596 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