New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 79
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Firuzkuh 79
Silver (given following internal peer review)
New Persian (Arabic script)
Letter

Physical Description

paper
Black ink
5
horizontal

Content

Fragment of a letter probably concerning commercial matters, such as weaving, grains, and a vineyard.

Dates

  • The Gregorian calendar: None
None

People

  • ʿAẓīm-dād Bīk
  • Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Chalghūr

Publications

  • Khwaja Muhammad and Nabi Saqee, Barg-hāy az yak faṣl, yā asnād-i tārīkhī-yi Ghur (Kabul: Saʿīd 1388/2009) (Pages: 124-125)
    The IEDC transcription has been revised from this publication.

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IEDC Data

1158
24/01/2025
24/02/2025

Citations

Ofir Haim
Arezou Azad, Nabi Saqee
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Folios
1. recto
Transcription
Folio:
        عمر بن علی ولیه 1
 لله العزه 2
 اجل اخص محترم جمال الدولة والدین  3
 فخر العمال [+ 1] الرجال محمد چلغور دام بقاه 4
 [سلام (؟)] و تحیت فراوان بخواند آرزومندی 5
 [+/- 2] بی اندازه تصور کند از حال شهادت 6
 [+/- 3] موی دوز عظیم داد بیک 7
 [+/- 3] غله (؟) [+/- 2] 8
 (خط حاشیه:) وکیل جمال الدین حسین عبدالله را سلام می رسانم 9
 (خط حاشیه:) غم رزان من نخورد [+/- 4] نعمت باد [+/- 2]
 
10
Translation
Folio:
1  ʿUmar b. ʿAlī, his friend.
2  Glory to God.
3  May the illustrious, peerless, honourable Jamāl al-Dawla wal-Dīn,
4  the pride of the doers of good deeds, the [+ 1] of men, Muḥammad Chalghūr, may his life be extended,
5  receive [my] abundant greetings, and imagine [my] longing
6  [+/-2] immeasurable desire to see you.
7  [+/- 3] the weaver of [animal] hair, ʿAẓīm-dād Bīk
8  [+/- 3] grain (?) [+/- 2]
9  (right margin:) I send my greetings to the agent, Jamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn b. ʿAbdallāh.
10  (right margin:) He need not concern himself about my vineyards. [+/- 4] May this find you well.
New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 79: Folio (recto)
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