Arabic: Khalili Collection, DOC 18 [AR 27]
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DOC 18 [AR 27]
Khalili Collection
Arabic Documents from Early Islamic Khurasan
Gold (given following external peer review through journal/book publication)
Arabic (Arabic script)
Administrative
Administrative: Receipt

Physical Description

parchment
fold lines
Written on light-colored parchment, the writing surface shows fold lines.
11.0
5.0

Content

Tax quittance for Bāb b. Bēk.

Dates

  • The Gregorian calendar: November-December 769 (Estimated date range: 0769-11-05-0769-12-04)
  • The Hijri calendar: Dhū al-Qaʿda 152 (0152-11)

People

  • Bāb b. Bēk
  • Shuʿayb b. ʿAlwān
  • ʿUmar b. ʿArim

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: 118-119)
    Catalogue Number: 14
    The IEDC translation and transcription have been taken from this publication

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IEDC Data

29
02/12/2023
08/08/2024

Citations

Geoffrey Khan
Thomas Benfey
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Folios
1. recto
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Translation
Tags
Folio:

Administrative, Military and Legal Titles, Offices and Processes

Bismillāh (including abbrev)

Currencies and Denominations

Dirham
Dāng/dāniq/danānīq (one-sixth)
Transcription
Folio:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 1
هذا كتاب من شعيب بن علون عامل الامير عمر بن عارم على مدر ورزم 2
براة لباب بن بيك انك اديت الى مما صار عليك من القسم 3
التى تجرى مع خراج سنة تسع واربعين وخمسين ومية ستة دراهم و 4
دانقين ونصف قبضت ذلك منك وبرئت الى منها وكتب 5
فى ذو القعدة سنة اثنين وخمسين ومية 6
Translation
Folio:
1 In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
2 This is a document from Shuʿayb b. ʿAlwān, the financial administrator of the governor ʿUmar b. ʿĀrim, (whose jurisdiction is) over Madr and Rizm,
3 a quittance for Bāb b. Bēk. You have delivered to me what you owe with regard to the portions
4 that are administered with the kharāj of the year one-hundred and forty-nine and fifty, six dirhams and
5 two dānaqs and a half. I have received that from you and you have been released from (the obligation to pay) them to me. It has been written
6 in Dhū al-Qaʿda of the year one hundred and fifty-two.
7 Bulla
8 Shuʿayb b. ʿAlwān
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Seals
Seal 1
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Inscription

Seal inscribed with the name "Shuʿayb b. ʿAlwān".

شعيب بن علون

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Arabic: Khalili Collection, DOC 18 [AR 27]: Folio (recto)
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