King's Pote 97 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Tārīkh al-Ḥukamā (Persian version).

Author: Shahrazūrī, Shams al-dīn Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd, 13th cent. شهرزورى، شمس الدين محمد بن محمود

Translator: Maqṣūd ʿAlī Tabrīzī تبريزى، مقصود على

Title: Tārīkh al-Ḥukamā (Persian version)

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn زين العابدين .

Note concerning work: Browne presumed this to be the work properly entitled Rawz̤at al-Afrāḥ wa-Nuzhat al-Arwāh, or perhaps Nuzhat al-Arwāh wa-Rawz̤at al-Afrāḥ Fī Tārīkh al-Ḥukamāʾ wa-l-Falāsifa, by Shams al-dīn Muḥammad al-Shahrazūrī. However, the incipit is very similar to that of the Persian version by Maqṣūd ʿAlī Tabrīzī of a Tārīkh al-Ḥukamā attributed to Shams al-dīn Muḥammad Suhrawardī (sic) in BL IO Islamic 1579.

References

Browne no. 232

Palmer no. 97

Catalogue of Persian manuscripts in the library of the India Office (2 vols.) H. Ethé 1903-37 col.249, no. 614 [BL IO Islamic 1579 (the original work here attributed to Shams al-dīn Muḥammad Suhrawardī)]

Geschichte der arabischen Literatur C. Brockelmann 1892-1902 (2 vols. plus supplements) GAL I.468-9 (Rawz̤at al-Afrāḥ); GAL Supp. I.851

Persian Literature: a bio-bibliographical survey C. A. Storey 1927–39 I.2 p.1108

Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.286

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Light green and ochre folios.

Extent: 55 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 28.2 × 16.2 cm.

Dimensions (written): 22.6 × 10.2 cm.

Foliation: Foliated.

Condition

Worming and water damage. Some repairs to worm damage.

Layout

15 lines per page.

Ruled in single red and blue outer.

Hand(s)

Script: shikasta. Scribe: Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn زين العابدين.

Binding

Plain reddish brown leather, European style. Plain paper doublures. Dimensions: 28.8 × 16.7 × 1.8 cm. Boxed. Polier's number: 141.

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

Funding of Cataloguing

King's College Cambridge

Subjects

Muslim philosophers--Biography

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