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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Lubb al-Tavārīkh.

Author: Rāy Bindrāban ibn Rāy Bihārā Mal راى بندرابن بن راى بهارا مل

Title: Lubb al-Tavārīkh

Title: لب التواريخ

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: 1st Shawwāl 1106 (?) / 15 May 1695 (?) Scribe: Muḥammad محمد .

Colophon further notes: Dated by chronogram.

References

Margoliouth no. 176 (shelf/item: 5/20)

Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 p.228 [BL Add. 26251]

Catalogue of Persian manuscripts in the library of the India Office (2 vols.) H. Ethé 1903-37 col.135, no. 358 [BL IO Islamic 3050]

Persian Literature: a bio-bibliographical survey C. A. Storey 1927–39 I.1 p.453

Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.116

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 180 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 22.5 × 20 cm.

Dimensions (written): 15.5 × 11.5 cm.

Foliation: Not foliated or paginated.

Layout

15 lines per page.

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

Hand(s)

Scribe: Muḥammad محمد.

Binding

Reddish brown leather, European style. Watermarked paper doublures (C. Taylor). Dimensions: 23.5 × 20.5 × 2.7 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 943.

History

Origin: 1st Shawwāl 1106 (?) AH; 15 May 1695 (?) 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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