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Ms.Heb.8333.19
National Library of Israel
Bamiyan Papers
Gold (given following external peer review through journal/book publication)
New Persian (Arabic script)
Judeo-Persian (Hebrew script)
Legal
Legal: Debt

Physical Description

paper
13 fold lines, a few small tears
45.5
16.4
13

Content

Acknowledgment (iqrār) deed concerning a debt of 115 shiyānī, 72 ṭās of barley, 60 ṭas of wheat. Verso contains a note written in Judeo-Persian, summarizing the details of the acknowledgment. The reason for the debt is not stated in the document.
 

Dates

  • The Gregorian calendar: February 1027 (1027-02)
  • Seleucid Era: 1338
  • The Hijri calendar: Jumādā II 418 (0418-06)

People

  • Abū al-Ḥasan b. Jawja
  • Abū Naṣr b. Dāniyāl
  • Amīrān b. Muḥammad (Mīrān b. Muḥammad)
  • Muḥammad b. Abū al-Ḥārith (Muḥammad b. Abī al-Ḥārith)
  • Abū al-ʿAbbās b. Abū Naṣr (Abī al-ʿAbbās b. Abī Naṣr)
  • Shāhak b. Amīrān (Shāhak b. Mīrān)

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: 430-432)
    The IEDC translation and transcription have been taken from this publication

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IEDC Data

104
05/03/2024
08/08/2024

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Ofir Haim
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Bismillāh (including abbrev)

Agricultural Terms

Gandum (wheat)
Jaw (barley)

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Transcription
Folio:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم 1
همی گوید ابی الحسن بن جوجه بتن درستی بعقل ورغبـ[ـت]  2
خویش که داد فاید مـ[ـرا] مـ[ـر] بو نصر دانیال را از  3
 شیانی صد پانزده شیانی که نیمه باشد پنجاه هـ[ـفت نیم] 4
شیانی از گندم شست <دو> طاس که نیمه باشد  5
 سی <یکی> طاس از جو هفتاد دو طاس که نیمه 6
 باشد سی شش طا[س] این صد پانزده شیانی 7
 شست طاس گندم هفتاد دو طاس جو فر من 8
 که ابی الحسن ام حقی ست واجب فامی لازم 9
 مرا از این باز گشتن نیست تا این شیانی برها 10
 بدوی تسلیم نکنم [حاله] این سیم برها تا 11
 سه ماه پیوسته واین خط نبشته آمد اندر ماه 12
جمی دلاخر سنه ثمان عشر واربعمایه 13

Witness Clauses

شهد میران بن محمد علی اقراره وکتب بخطه 14
 شهد محمد بن ابی الحارث علی اقراره وکتب بامره 15
شهد ابی العباس ابی نصر علی اقره کتب بخطه 16
 شهد عمر بن احمد علی اقراره وکتب بخطه 17
شهد شاهک بن میران وکتب بخطه 18
כט בולחסן לגרג – קיה' // עמ' טאס צוו ס' טאס גנדום אל'שלח'
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Translation
Folio:
1  In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
2  Abū al-Ḥasan b. Jawja states in his own sound body and mind, of his own desi[re]
3  as follows: “It is incumbent upon m[e] to give Bū Naṣr Dāniyāl
4  shiyānī – one hundred and fifteen shiyānī, half of which being fifty-se[ven and a half]
5  shiyānī; wheat – sixty bowls, half of which being
6  thirty bowls; barley – seventy-two bowls, half
7  of which being thirty-six bow[ls]. These one hundred and fifteen shiyānī,
8  sixty bowls of wheat and seventy-two bowls of barley are
9  a binding obligation, an obligatory debt upon me, Abū al-Ḥasan.
10  I cannot revoke this as long as I do not deliver
11  to him this shiyānī (and) the kinds of grain”. These silver (and) kinds of grain [are to be transferred] within
12  three consecutive months. This document was written in the month of
13 Jumādā II, in the year four hundred and eighteen.

Witness Clauses

14 Mīrān b. Muḥammad was a witness to his acknowledgment and he wrote (it) in his handwriting.
15  Muḥammad b. Abī al-Ḥārith was a witness to his acknowledgment and it was written according to his order.
16  Abī al-ʿAbbās b. Abī Naṣr was a witness to his acknowledgment. He wrote (it) in his handwriting.
17  ʿUmar b. Aḥmad was a witness to his acknowledgment and he wrote (it) in his handwriting.
18  Shāhak b. Mīrān was a witness and he wrote (it) in his handwriting.
1 The document of Bul-Ḥasan lgrg – one hundred and fifteen shiyānī, seventy-two bowls of barley, sixty bowls of wheat, (the year) 1338.
 
New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.19: Folio (recto)
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