Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Gulistān-i Saʿdī. 1 copy of Bustān-i Saʿdī. 1 copy of Inshā-yi Abū al-Faz̤l.
1.
Language(s): Persian
Colophon details: Place: Janbul Date: Sunday 17 Shawwāl 1193 / 28 Oct 1779; 21 Dhū-l-Ḥijjah 1194 / 18 Dec 1780 Scribe: Imām Bakhsh امام بخش .
Colophon further notes: There are colophons after the first work and the third work. The same scribe copied King's Pote 73, King's Pote 102 and Eton Pote 292.
References
Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 p.597 [BL Add. 24944/7] Catalogue of Persian manuscripts in the library of the India Office (2 vols.) H. Ethé 1903-37 col.656, no. 1117/4 [BL IO Islamic 876] Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library E. Sachau and H. Ethé 1889 col.541, no. 698 [Bodl. 673] Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Part III A.F.L. Beeston 1954 p.31 no. 2584 [Bodl. Ms. Whinfield 44] Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.424 A catalogue of Persian manuscripts in the library of the University of Cambridge,
E. Browne (
1896)
p.335, no. 241 [Camb. Dd. 6.50-51] 2.
Language(s): Persian
Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.
References
Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 p.597 [BL Add. 24944/8] Catalogue of Persian manuscripts in the library of the India Office (2 vols.) H. Ethé 1903-37 col.656, no. 1117/3 [BL IO Islamic 876] Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library E. Sachau and H. Ethé 1889 col.525, no.681 [Bodl. Ouseley Add. 39 (work 15)] Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Part III A.F.L. Beeston 1954 p.31 no. 2584 [Bodl. Ms. Whinfield 44] Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.424 A catalogue of Persian manuscripts in the library of the University of Cambridge,
E. Browne (
1896)
p.331, no. 235 [Camb. Add. 204 (Lewis 22)] 3.
Language(s): Persian
Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.
References
Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 p.396 [BL Add. 6548 (title: Mukātabāt-i ʿAllāmī)] Catalogue of Persian manuscripts in the library of the India Office (2 vols.) H. Ethé 1903-37 col.111, no. 287 [BL IO Islamic 2357] Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library E. Sachau and H. Ethé 1889 col.841, no. 1378 [Bodl. 777] Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Part III A.F.L. Beeston 1954 p.54 no. 2704 [Bodl. Ms. Whinfield 19] Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.34; p.35 Form: codex
Extent: 76 + c. 190 = c. 266 folios.
Dimensions (leaf): 27.7 × 19 cm.
Dimensions (written): 16.5 × 11.7 cm.
Foliation: Partially foliated (to f.134).
Layout
13 (with another text in the margins) lines per page.
Ruled in double red with margins also ruled for text on the diagonal, in double red with a blue outer. Rubrications in red.
Additions: F.1r: seal of Polier (1181). Numerous interlinear and marginal notes (translations of Arabic quotations).
Notes concerning codex: The text following the Būstān in the margins remain unidentified. Binding
Reddish brown leather, European style. Plain paper doublures. Dimensions: 28 × 18.6 × 3.5 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 892.
Origin: Janbul; Sunday 17 Shawwāl 1193 / 28 Oct 1779; 21 Dhū-l-Ḥijjah 1194 AH; 18 Dec 1780 CE 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 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.
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