Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Eton Pote 380(2) (Eton College Library, Eton College)

Pote Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Mirʾāt-i Jahān.

Note concerning author: The author was a member of the court of Aurangzab, died 1094 in Saharanpur. The editor was the author's nephew. Muḥammad Salīm worked in Shahjahanabad.

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

Note concerning work: Second volume in 4 parts covering the period from 'Amir Taymur Gurkhan up to year 6 of Muhammad Shah. Marshall (Mughals, p.105) describes this as "an extremely rare general history of the world".

References

Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 p.890 [BL Or. 1998]
Catalogue of Persian manuscripts in the library of the India Office (2 vols.) H. Ethé 1903-37 col.49, no. 126 [BL IO Islamic 1497 (Mirʾāt-i Jahānnumā; extremely rare); see also BL Or. 11777 with title Mirʾāt-i Jahān nāmah]
Persian Literature: a bio-bibliographical survey C. A. Storey 1927–39 I.1 p.133 (vol. i)
Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.106; p.334; p.339

Physical Description

Form: codex
Dimensions (leaf): × cm.
Dimensions (written): × cm.
Foliation: Not foliated or paginated.

Layout

17 lines per page.

Ruled in double red with a blue outer.

Hand(s)

Scribe: Anonymous.

Binding

Brown leather, European style. Paper doublures. Unboxed. Polier's number: 1000.

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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