Arabic: Khalili Collection, DOC 42 [AR 18]
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DOC 42 [AR 18]
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.
9.0
9.0

Content

Tax quittance for Mīr b. Bēk.

Dates

  • The Gregorian calendar: September-October 765 (Estimated date range: 0765-09-26-0765-10-24)
  • The Hijri calendar: Shaʿbān 148 (0148-08)

People

  • Mīr b. Bēk
  • Sulaymān b. Saʿīd
  • al-Qaʿqāʿ b. Salīm

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: 96-97)
    Catalogue Number: 3
    The IEDC translation and transcription have been taken from this publication

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IEDC Data

37
02/12/2023
08/08/2024

Citations

Geoffrey Khan
Thomas Benfry
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Folios
1. recto
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Translation
Transcription
Folio:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 1
هذه براة من سليمن بن سعيد عامل 2
الامير القعقاع بن سليم اعز الله نصره 3
على مدر ورزم لمير بن بك 4
انى قبضت منك مما صار عليك 5
من قسمة نفقة دواب السخرة 6
سبعة دراهم دراهم وثلثة دونيق 7
ومن قسمة نفقة طعام المهدى اكر 8
مه الله درهم واربعة دونيق 9
تسعة دراهم ودانق قبضت 10
ذلك منك وبرئت 11
الى منها وكتب فى شعبان سنة 12
ثمان واربعين ومية 13
Translation
Folio:
1 In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
2 This is a quittance from Sulaymān b. Saʿīd, the financial administrator
3 of the governor al-Qaʿqāʿ b. Salīm, may God strengthen his victory,
4 (whose jurisdiction is) over Madr and Rizm, to Mīr b. Bēk.
5 I have received from you what you owe
6 with regard to the portion for the expense of pack-animals used for corvée duty
7 seven dirhams and three dānaqs
8 and (what you owe) with regard to the portion for the expense of the sustenance of al-Mahdī, may God grant him honour,
9 one dirham and four dānaqs,
10 nine dirhams and one dānaq (in total). I have received
11 that from you and you have become released
12 from (the obligation to pay) it to me. It has been written in Shaʿbān, in the year
13 one hundred and forty-eight.
Seals
Seal 1
Photograph of this seal
Bird

The seal on the bulla is a representation of a bird facing left.

  • bird
  • brown
  • animals
Arabic: Khalili Collection, DOC 42 [AR 18]: Folio (recto)
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