Eton Pote 327 (Eton College Library, Eton College)

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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Gulshān.

Author: Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Kambūh, d. 1674? محمد صالح كمبوه

Title: Gulshān

Title: ʿAmal-i Ṣāliḥ

Title: گلشان

Title: عمل صالح

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

Note concerning work: Marshall reports that Storey identified this ms as a copy of the ʿAmal-i Ṣāliḥdespite Margoliouth's and Polier's title, Gulshān.

References

Margoliouth no. 190 (shelf/item: 4/14)

Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 p.263 [BL Add. 26221]

Catalogue of Persian manuscripts in the library of the India Office (2 vols.) H. Ethé 1903-37 col.127, no. 332 [BL IO Islamic 856]

Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Part III A.F.L. Beeston 1954 p.40 no. 2643 [Bodl. Ms. Pers. D. 82]

Persian Literature: a bio-bibliographical survey C. A. Storey 1927–39 I.1 p.598 (dated 1070 by the author: only copy); I.2 p.1317 (date of composition 1070 suggests this is a ms of the 'Amal I Salih)

Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.338

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 200 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 20 × 11.3 cm.

Dimensions (written): 15.5 × 8 cm.

Foliation: Not foliated or paginated.

Layout

15 lines per page.

Not ruled. Rubrications in red.

Hand(s)

Script: nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Anonymous.

Additions:

F.1r: seal of Polier (1181).

Notes concerning codex: Difficult words are explained in marginal notes.

Binding

Reddish brown leather, European style. Plain paper doublures. Dimensions: 20.5 × 11.7 × 3 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 894.

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 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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