Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Eton Pote 310 (Eton College Library, Eton College)

Pote Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Story (qiṣṣat) of Shuʿlah vāh (?).
Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: 9 Shaʿbān 1197 (year 25 Shāh ʿĀlam) / 10 Jul 1783 Scribe: Mīr Galan مير گلن .

Note concerning work: Could the work be Shu‘lah-yi Āh by Lachman Singh Munshī ? See https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/manuscript_7170.

References

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: c. 100 folios.
Dimensions (leaf): 22.8 × 14.2 cm.
Dimensions (written): 17.5 × 9.5 cm.
Foliation: Not foliated or paginated.

Layout

17 lines per page.

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

Hand(s)

Script: nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Mīr Galan مير گلن.

Binding

Brown leather, European style. Watermarked paper doublures ("C. Taylor"). Dimensions: 23 × 14.5 × 1.5 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: (no number found).

History

Origin: 9 Shaʿbān 1197 (year 25 Shāh ʿĀlam) AH; 10 Jul 1783 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 second half alphabetically going to Eton. 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 D.S. Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Oriental Manuscripts in the Library of Eton College, Oxford, 1904 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

Eton College


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