Eton Pote 386 (Eton College Library, Eton College)
Pote Collection
Contents
Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Mustaʿidd Khān, Muḥammad Sāqī, d. 1724 محمد ساقي مستعدّ خان .
Colophon further notes: The colophon speaks as if the scribe is the author - in which case this would be a holograph; the author died c. 1137.
References
Physical Description
Layout
15 lines per page.
Ruled in double red with a blue outer. Rubrications in red.
Hand(s)
Scribe: Mustaʿidd Khān, Muḥammad Sāqī, d. 1724 محمد ساقي مستعدّ خان.
F.1r: seal of Polier (1181) and numerous inspection / purchase notes (one dated 27 Dhū-l-Qaʿdah, 1173, book written by Muḥammad Sāqī, price: 7 rupees; another dated 4th Rabīʿ II 1175; another dated Safar 1194, year 21 of Shāh ʿĀlam).
Binding
Reddish brown leather, European style. Plain paper doublures. Dimensions: 24 × 13.5 × 3.2 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 971.
History
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
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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