Arabic: Khalili Collection, DOC 26 [AR 13]
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DOC 26 [AR 13]
Khalili Collection
Arabic Documents from Early Islamic Khurasan
Gold (given following external peer review through journal/book publication)
Arabic (Arabic script)
Administrative
Administrative: Tax receipts

Physical Description

parchment
fold lines
Written on light coloured parchment, the writing surface shows fold lines.
6.5
6.0

Content

Tax quittance for Mīr b. Bēk.

Dates

  • The Gregorian calendar: August-September 766 (Estimated date range: 0766-08-16-0766-09-14)
  • The Hijri calendar: Rajab 149 (0149-07)

People

  • Mīr b. Bēk
  • Ṣayfī b. Sālim
  • Abū Ghālib b. al-Iṣbahbadh

Publications

  • Khan, Geoffrey. 2007. Arabic documents from early Islamic Khurasan (Studies in the Khalili Collection Volume V). London: The Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions. (Pages: 100-101)
    Catalogue Number: 5
    The IEDC translation and transcription have been taken from this publication

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IEDC Data

28
02/12/2023
08/08/2024

Citations

Geoffrey Khan
Thomas Benfry
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Folios
1. recto
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Transcription
Translation
Tags
Folio:

Administrative, Military and Legal Titles, Offices and Processes

Bismillāh (including abbrev)
Taxes: Kharāj

Currencies and Denominations

Dirham
Dāng/dāniq/danānīq (one-sixth)
Transcription
Folio:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 1
هذا كتاب من صيفى بن سالم عامل 2
الامير ابى غالب بن الاصبهبذ اعز الله 3
نصره على مدر ورزم براة لمير بن بك 4
انى قبضت منك مما صار عليك 5
من خراج سنة خمس واربعين ومية 6
وسنة ست واربعين ومية 7
وسنة سبع واربعين ومية 8
وتوابعـــــــــــــــــــــــــهم 9
من القسم اربعة دراهم ودانق 10
قبضت ذلك منك وبرئت 11
الى منها وكتب فى رجب 12
سنة تسع واربعين ومية 13
Translation
Folio:
1 In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
2 This is a document from Ṣayfī b. Sālim, the financial administrator
3 of the governor Abū Ghālib b. al-Iṣbahbadh, may God strengthen
4 his victory, (whose jurisdiction is) over Madr and Rizm, a quittance for Mīr b. Bēk.
5 I have received from you what you owe
6 with regard to the kharāj for the year one hundred and forty-five,
7 for the year one hundred and forty-six
8 and for the year one hundred and forty-seven,
9 and what is linked to these
10 with regard to portions, four dirhams and one dānaq.
11 I have received that from you and you have been released
12 from (the obligation to pay) them to me. It has been written in Rajab
13 of the year one hundred and forty-nine.
Seals
Seal 1
Photograph of this seal
Inscription

Seal inscribed with the name "Ṣayfī".

صيفي

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Arabic: Khalili Collection, DOC 26 [AR 13]: Folio (recto)
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