Eton Pote 406(2) (Eton College Library, Eton College)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Mahābhārata (in Persian translation).

Translator: (perhaps) Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Mubārak, 1551-1602 ابو الفضل بن مبارك

Title: Mahābhārata (in Persian translation)

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Muḥammad Murād, known as Fayz̤ ʿAlī (fl. c. 1767) محمد مراد، فيض على surely Muḥammad Murād, known as Fayz̤ ʿAlī.

Colophon further notes: Manuscript copied for Polier.

Note concerning manuscript: Flyleaf: table of contents.

References

Margoliouth no. 150 (shelf/item: 8/12)

Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 p.57 [BL Add. 5638-5640] {Persian translation with Preface by Abu al-Fazl}

Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library E. Sachau and H. Ethé 1889 col.808, no. 1306 [Bodl. Ouseley 326-9]

Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.18

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 350 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 32 × 20 cm.

Dimensions (written): 23.5 × 12.5 cm.

Foliation: Not foliated or paginated.

Condition

Worm damage.

Layout

15 lines per page.

Ruled in double red with a black outer.

Hand(s)

Scribe: Muḥammad Murād, known as Fayz̤ ʿAlī (fl. c. 1767) محمد مراد، فيض على surely Muḥammad Murād, known as Fayz̤ ʿAlī.

Binding

Reddish brown, European style. Plain paper doublures. Dimensions: 32.5 × 20 × 5.5 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 1027.

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

Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World