Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

King's Pote 94(2) (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Tārīkh-i Shahādat-i Farrukh Siyar.
Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: c. 1196 / c. 1782 Scribe: Muḥammad Bakhsh, poetically named Āshūb (d. 1784-5) محمد بخش، آشوب .

Colophon further notes: A note at the end states that the writer of these pages is Muḥammad Bakhsh. The author is the scribe.

Note concerning manuscript: On box: 94(2).

References

Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 p.944 [BL Or. 1832]
Catalogue of Persian manuscripts in the library of the India Office (2 vols.) H. Ethé 1903-37 col.159, no. 422 [BL IO Islamic 250-251]; col.1534, no. 2834 [BL IO Islamic 813 (source for Āshūb)]; col.95, no. 224 [BL IO Islamic 1846 (Āshūb as scribe, 1194H)]
Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library E. Sachau and H. Ethé 1889 col.314, no. 391 [Bodl. Elliot 181 (item 479 on Āshūb as poet)]
Persian Literature: a bio-bibliographical survey C. A. Storey 1927–39 I.1 p.617
Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.313

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 118 folios.
Dimensions (leaf): 20.8 × 11.4 cm.
Dimensions (written): 17.0 × 8.0 cm.
Foliation: Foliated.

Layout

18 lines per page.

Not ruled. Red rubrications.

Additions:

The manuscript contais marginal notes in black and red (not in Persian).

Binding

Light brown leather, Indian style. Plain leather doublures. Decorations: A painted silver frame. Dimensions: 20.8 × 11.5 × 2 cm. Boxed. Polier's number: 153.

History

Origin: c. 1196 AH; c. 1782 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

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: 94(1), 94(2).

Funding of Cataloguing

King's College Cambridge


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