New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.216
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Ms.Heb.8333.216
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
7 fold lines, a small tear in upper part.
15.1
30.3
7

Content

Acknowledgment (iqrār) deed concerning a debt of 7 shiyānī. 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: May-June 1011 (Estimated date range: 1011-05-1011-06)
  • The Hijri calendar: Shawwāl 401 (0401-10)

People

  • Aḥmad b. Abū Ṭalḥa (Aḥmad b. Abī Ṭalḥa)
  • Abū Naṣr b. Mahdī (Abī Naṣr b. Mahdī)
  • Abū Naṣr b. Dāniyāl
  • ʿAlī b. Abū al-Qayyim
  • Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Abū Saʿīd
  • Abū Manṣūr Maḥmūd b. Aḥmad
  • Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ
  • Muḥammad b. Amīrak
  • Aḥmad (b.) Abū al-Ḥusayn
  • Aḥmad b. Būṭalḥa and Būnaṣr b. Maḥdī

Publications

  • Haim, Ofir. “What is the ‘Afghan Genizah’? A Short Guide to the Collection of the Afghan Manuscripts in the National Library of Israel, with the Edition of Two Documents.” Afghanistan 2/1, 2019. pp. 70-90. (Pages: 80-82)
    The IEDC translation and transcription have been taken from this publication

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IEDC Data

106
06/03/2024
08/08/2024

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Ofir Haim
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Administrative, Military and Legal Titles, Offices and Processes

Bismillāh (including abbrev)
In a state of sound body and mind
Of their own volition and without coercion

Currencies and Denominations

Shiyānī
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Transcription
Folio:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم 1
 مقر آمد احمد بن ابی طلحه ابی نصر بن مهدی بتن درستی ایشان وعقل ایشان بطوع نه بکره 2
 کی هست مر نو[!] نصر بن دانیال را فر من وفر ابی نصر بن مهدی هفت شیانی عدلی حقی واجب 3
 فامی لازم وما را ازین فاز گشتن نیست تا این هفت شیانی باوی تسلیم نه 4
 کنم این خط اوی را حجت در ماه شوال سال فر چهار صد یک 5

Witness Clauses

شهد علی بن ابی القیم وکتب بخطه 6
شهد ابی الحسن علی بن ابی سعید علی اقراره وکتب بخطه صح 7
شهد ابی منصور محمود بن احمد وکتب بخطه صح 8
شهد ابی الحسین بن محمد بن صالح علی اقرارهم وکتب بخطه 9
شهد محمد بن امیرک علی اقراره وکتب بخطه 10
شهد احمد ابی الحسین وکتب بخطه 11
כט אחמד יבוטלחה ובונצר ימהדי פא זֿ //
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Translation
Folio:
1  In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
2  Aḥmad b. Abī Ṭalḥa (and) Abī Naṣr b. Mahdī acknowledged in their sound body and mind, voluntarily, not coercively,
3  as follows: “I and Abī Naṣr b. Mahdī owe Bū Naṣr b. Dāniyāl seven ʿadlī shiyānī. (It is) a binding obligation,
4  an obligatory debt. We cannot revoke this as long as I do not deliver to him these seven shiyānī.”
5  This document (serves as) evidence for him. (It was written) in the month of Shawwāl in the year four hundred and one.

Witness Clauses

6 ʿAlī b. Abī al-Qayyim was a witness and he wrote (it) in his handwriting.
7 Abī al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Abī Saʿīd was a witness to his acknowledgment and he wrote (it) in his handwriting. Valid.
8 Abī Manṣūr Maḥmūd b. Aḥmad was a witness and he wrote (it) in his handwriting. Valid.
9 Abī al-Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ was a witness to their acknowledgment and he wrote (it) in his handwriting. Valid.
10 Muḥammad b. Amīrak was a witness to his acknowledgment and he wrote (it) in his handwriting.
11 Aḥmad (b.) Abī al-Ḥusayn was a witness and he wrote (it) in his handwriting.
1 The document of Aḥmad b. Būṭalḥa and Būnaṣr b. Maḥdī concerning seven shiyānī.
 
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