King's Pote 81(2) (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Taʿrīf-i Kashmīr (versified).

Author: Ṭughrā-yi Mashhadī, active 17th century ملا طغراي مشهدي

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

Note concerning manuscript: Ff.3v-5r: a prose preface. Ff.5v-27v: verses begin in 2 columns. Box labelled 81(2). 81(1) is a distinct work from 81(2) - the Polier numbers on the covers are different: 161 and 182.

Note concerning work: Versified account of Kashmir.

References

Browne no. 245

Palmer no. 31 (correction: 81_2)

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 27 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 21.8 × 12.5 cm.

Dimensions (written): 15.3 × 7.3 cm.

Foliation: Foliated.

Layout

15 lines per page.

Ruled in dull gold with fine black outer.

Hand(s)

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

Decoration

Folios are dusted with gold.

Additions:

Flyleaf: two seals of Polier, a common square one (1181) and a much larger circular seal (year 9) - for a sketch of the same among the five seals used by Polier, see Colas and Richard, "Le fonds Polier à la Bibliothèque nationale" (1984) p. 108.

Binding

Reddish brown leather, Indian style. Marbled paper doublures. Decorations: Gold inlaid: turanj, 2 pendants, corner pieces. Dimensions: 22 × 13 × 1 cm. Boxed. Polier's number: 182.

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

Bibliography

Work in multiple volumes bearing the class-marks: 81(1), 81(2).

Funding of Cataloguing

King's College Cambridge

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