King's Pote 82(1) (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Tuḥfat al-Muʾminīn.

Author: Ḥusaynī, Muḥammad Muʾmin, d. 1698 حسيني، محمد مؤمن بن مير محمد زمان تنكابني ديلمي

Note concerning author: Muḥammad Mūʾmin was physician to Sulaymān Shāh Ṣafavī.

Title: Tuḥfat al-Muʾminīn

Title: تحفة المؤمنين

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: c. 1199 / 1784-5 Scribe: Anonymous.

Colophon further notes: This first volume has no date (the second is dated 1199).

Note concerning manuscript: Volume 1 of 2. Box labelled 82(1).

References

Browne no. 286

Palmer no. 82

Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 pp.476-7 [BL Add 23557]

Persian Literature: a bio-bibliographical survey C. A. Storey 1927–39 II.2 p.262

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 400 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 22.5 × 20 cm.

Dimensions (written): 16.7 × 12.7 cm.

Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.

Layout

15 lines per page.

Ruled in double red with a blue outer. Rubrications in red. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: nastaʿlīq. Quality: Clear (Qur'anic verses in naskh). Scribe: Anonymous.

Binding

Marbled paper on suede, suede spine, European style. Plain paper doublures (watermarked: horned crown). Dimensions: 23 × 20.5 × 4 cm. Boxed. Polier's number: 170.

History

Origin: c. 1199 AH; 1784-5 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

Bibliography

Work in multiple volumes bearing the class-marks: 82(1), 82(2).

Funding of Cataloguing

King's College Cambridge

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