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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Laylā va Majnūn.

Author: ʿAbd Allāh Hātifī, d. 927/1520 عبد الله هاتفى

Title: Laylā va Majnūn

Title: ليلى ومجنون

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Thursday, 17 Dhū-l-Qaʿdah 1061 / 1 Nov 1651 Scribe: Abū al-Ḥasan ابو الحسن .

Colophon further notes: Copied on the order of Khwājah ʿAbd al-Hādī.

References

Margoliouth no. 134 (shelf/item: 2/9)

Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 p.652 [BL Add. 10586]

Catalogue of Persian manuscripts in the library of the India Office (2 vols.) H. Ethé 1903-37 col.776, no. 1398 [BL IO Islamic 1446]

Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library E. Sachau and H. Ethé 1889 col.644, no. 996 [Bodl. Laud 216]

Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.181

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 120 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 18.2 × 10.7 cm.

Dimensions (written): 14.5 × 8 cm.

Foliation: Not foliated or paginated.

Layout

13 lines per page.

Not ruled. Rubrications in red.

Hand(s)

Script: nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Abū al-Ḥasan ابو الحسن.

Binding

Tan suede, Indian style, with an inlayed metal turanj and two pendants. Plain paper doublures. Dimensions: 18.3 × 10.5 × 1.7 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 949.

History

Origin: Thursday, 17 Dhū-l-Qaʿdah 1061 AH; 1 Nov 1651 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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