Eton Pote 451 (Eton College Library, Eton College)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Mukātabāt Abī al-Faz̤l.

Author: Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Mubārak, 1551-1602 ابو الفضل بن مبارك

Title: Mukātabāt Abī al-Faz̤l

Title: Inshā-yi Abū al-Faz̤l

Title: مكاتبات ابى الفضل

Title: انشاى ابو الفضل

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: 27 Dhū-l-Qaʿdah, year 21 Scribe: Muḥammad Fāz̤il محمد فاضل .

References

Margoliouth no. 90 (shelf/item: 14/3)

Catalogue of Persian manuscripts in the library of the India Office (2 vols.) H. Ethé 1903-37 col.108, no. 271 [BL IO Islamic 2985]

Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Part III A.F.L. Beeston 1954 p.54 no. 2704 [Bodl. Ms. Whinfield 19]

Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.34

A catalogue of Persian manuscripts in the library of the University of Cambridge, E. Browne (1896) p.276, no. 184 [Camb. Add. 203 (Lewis 21)]

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 300 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 22 × 12.7 cm.

Dimensions (written): 18.5 × 8 cm.

Foliation: Not foliated or paginated.

Layout

16 lines per page.

Not ruled. Rubrications in red.

Hand(s)

Scribe: Muḥammad Fāz̤il محمد فاضل.

Binding

Reddish brown leather, European style. Watermarked paper doublures ("C. Taylor"). Dimensions: 23 × 13 × 4.5 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 10+.

History

Origin: 27 Dhū-l-Qaʿdah, year 21 AH

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