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Ms.Heb.8333.20
National Library of Israel
Bamiyan Papers
Gold (given following external peer review through journal/book publication)
New Persian (Arabic script)
Legal
Legal: Debt

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8 fold lines.

Content

Acknowledgment (iqrār) deed concerning a debt of 55 shiyānī to the credit of Ibrāhīm b. Dāniyāl. The reason for the debt is not stated in the document. Ibrāhīm b. Dāniyāl is the brother of Abū Naṣr b. dāniyāl, the archive owner, and may be identified with Abraham, son of Daniel, whose name is written in the margin of a Hebrew liturgical poem kept at the NLI (Ms. Heb. 8333.221=4).
 

Dates

  • The Gregorian calendar: March-April 1005 (Estimated date range: 1005-03-1005-04)
  • The Hijri calendar: Jumada I 395 (0395-05)

People

  • Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Abū Naṣr (B. Abī Naṣr)
  • Abū al-ʿAbbās b. Abū Naṣr (Abū al-ʿAbbās b. Abī Naṣr)
  • ʿAlī (b.) Rāmjūl
  • Mīrak b. Abū Ḥasan
  • B. Abū Naṣr
  • Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Abū ʿUmar (Abī al-Ḥusayn b. Abī ʿUmar)
  • Ḥusayn b. Ḥamad
  • Abū al-ʿUmayr b. Abū Muḥammad (Abī al-ʿUmayr b. Abī Muḥammad/ Abī al-ʿUmayr / Bul-ʿUmayr)
  • Ibrāhīm b. Dāniyāl

Publications

  • Haim, Ofir. “Acknowledgment deeds (iqrārs) in Early New Persian from the Area of Bāmiyān (395-430 AH/1005-1039 CE).” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 29/3, 2019. pp. 415-446. (Pages: 419-421)
    The IEDC translation and transcription have been taken from this publication

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IEDC Data

102
05/03/2024
08/08/2024

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Ofir Haim
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Folios
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Folio:

Administrative, Military and Legal Titles, Offices and Processes

Bismillāh (including abbrev)
In a state of sound body and mind

Currencies and Denominations

Shiyānī
Transcription
Folio:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم 1
مقر امد ابی العمیر بن ابی محمد از ونق(؟) فرکلین(؟) بتن درستی خویش وبعقل بطوع فی هیچ [...] 2
اوی بود فران سبیل کهست مر ابراهیم بن دانیال را بر من پنجاه وپنج شیانی ىىـ[...] 3
حر(؟) کنیمه اوی باشد بیست وهفت ونیم شیانی واین شیانی بر من وامست لازم [وحقـ]ـی 4
اندر گردن من ومرا ازین فاز گشتن <نیست> تا این حق بتمامی بدوی ندهم وحاله این تا شش ماه 5
واین خط نبشتم اندر ماه جمادی الاولی سنه خمس وتسعین وثلثمایه 6

Witness Clauses

شهد ابو الحسین بن ابی نصر علی اقرار بلعمیر وکتب بخطه 7
شهد ابو العباس بن ابی نصر علی اقرار بلعمیر وکتب بامره 8
شهد علی رامجول(؟) علی اقرار بلعمیر وکتب بامره 9
شهد میرک بن ابی حسن علی اقرار بلعمیر وکتب بامره 10
شهد بن ابی نصر علی اقرار بلعمیر وکتب بامره 11
شهد بذلک ابی الحسین بن ابی عمر علی اقرار ابی العمیر وکتب بامره 12
شهد بذلک حسین بن حمد علی اقرار ابی العمیر وکتب بامره 13
Translation
Folio:
1 In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
2 Abī al-ʿUmayr b. Abī Muḥammad from w.n.q f.r.k.l.y.n acknowledged in his own sound body and in [his own sound] mind, of his own free will, with no […]
3 he was [?] concerning the (following) matter: “I owe Ibrāhīm b. Dāniyāl fifty-five shiyānī […]
4 free [?], half of which being twenty-seven and a half shiyānī. This (amount of) shiyānī is an obligatory debt on me [and an obligation]
5 that rests upon me [lit., “upon my neck”].  I revoke this as long as I do not deliver to him this debt completely. This is to be transferred within six months.
6 I wrote this document in the month of Jumādā I, in the year three hundred and ninety-five”.

Witness Clauses

7 Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Abū Naṣr was a witness to the acknowledgment of Bul-ʿUmayr and he wrote (it) in his handwriting.
8 Abū al-ʿAbbās b. Abī Naṣr was a witness to the acknowledgment of Bul-ʿUmayr and it was written according to his order.
9 ʿAlī (b.) Rāmjūl(?) was a witness to the acknowledgment of Bul-ʿUmayr and it was written according to his order.
10 Mīrak b. Abū Ḥasan was a witness to the acknowledgment of Bul-ʿUmayr and it was written according to his order.
11 B. Abī Naṣr was a witness to the acknowledgment of Bul-ʿUmayr and it was written according to his order.
12 Abī al-Ḥusayn b. Abī ʿUmar was a witness herein to the acknowledgment of Abī al-ʿUmayr and it was written according to his order.
13 Ḥusayn b. Ḥamad was a witness herein to the acknowledgment of Abī al-ʿUmayr and it was written according to his order. 
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