King's Pote 79 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Tārīkh-i Mūsavī.

Author: Muʿin al-dīn Muḥammad Amīn Farāhī Haravī (d. 1501-2) فراهى هروى، معين الدين محمد امين

Title: Tārīkh-i Mūsavī

Title: Taʾrīkh-i Ḥaz̤rat-i Mūsā

Title: Qiṣṣa-i Mūsawīyah

Title: Muʿjizāt-i Mūsawī

Title: تاريخ موسوى

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: 1094 (?) / 1683-4 (?) Scribe: Anonymous.

Colophon further notes: The colophon provides only: '94'.

References

Browne no. 250

Palmer no. 79

Catalogue of Persian manuscripts in the library of the India Office (2 vols.) H. Ethé 1903-37 col.247, no. 605 [BL IO Islamic 2029]

Persian Literature: a bio-bibliographical survey C. A. Storey 1927–39 I.1 p.163

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 130 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 23.5 × 14 cm.

Dimensions (written): 16 × 9 cm.

Foliation: Foliated.

Condition

Many folios are fragile due to corrosion in green rulings.

Layout

15 lines per page.

The first opening is ruled in gold with a blue outer (with gold flowers in the margins). Thereafter pages are ruled in gold with green and lapis. Rubrications in red. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: nastaʿlīq. Quality: Fine. Scribe: Anonymous.

Decoration

F.1v: an illuminated sarlauh (gold, blue, red, green).

Additions:

Some erased seals.

Binding

Plain leather, European style. Plain paper doublures (watermarked). Dimensions: 24.2 × 14.5 × 4 cm. Boxed. Polier's number: 146.

History

Origin: 1094 (?) AH; 1683-4 (?) 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

Funding of Cataloguing

King's College Cambridge

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