Arabic: Khalili Collection, DOC 20 [AR 26]
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DOC 20 [AR 26]
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
staining
Written on light-colored parchment browning in places.
7.5
6.5

Content

Tax quittance for Bāb b. Bēk.

Dates

  • The Gregorian calendar: November-December 772 (Estimated date range: 0772-11-06-0772-12-05)
  • The Hijri calendar: Dhū al-Ḥijja 155 (0155-12)

People

  • Bāb b. Bēk
  • Naṣr b. Salīm
  • al-Naṣr 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: 122-123)
    Catalogue Number: 16
    The IEDC translation and transcription have been taken from this publication

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IEDC Data

44
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     /لجابر بن الحجاج 1
هذه براة من نصر بن سليم عامل الامير النصر بن سليم 2
اكرمه الله على وسبا ومدر ورزم لباب 3
بن بيك انك اديت الى مما صار عليك 4
فى قصر نهر يسكن وغندر من خراج سنة اربع و 5
وخمسين وماية سبعة درهم وخمسة دونيق و 6
ونصف ومن القسم ثلثة درهم ودانق 7
قبضت ذلك منك وبرئت الى 8
منها وكتب فى 9
ذو الحجة سنة خمس وخمسين ومـــــــــــــاية 10
Translation
Folio:
1 In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate/For Jābir b. al-Ḥajjāj./
2 This is a quittance from Naṣr b. Salīm, the financial administrator of the governor al-Naṣr b. Salīm,
3 may God grant him honour, (whose jurisdiction is) over Wasbā (?), Madr and Rizm, for Bāb
4 b. Bēk. You have delivered to me what you owe
5 in the citadel of the river of Yaskin and Ghandar with regard to the kharāj for the year
6 one hundred and fifty-four, seven dirhams and five and a half dānaqs,
7 and with regard to the portions, three dirhams and one dānaq.
8 I have received that from you and you have been released from (the obligation to pay) to me.
9 It has been written in
10 Dhū al-Ḥijja of the year one hundred and fifty-five.
Seals
Seal 1
Photograph of this seal
Inscription

Seal inscribed with the name "Naṣr b. Salīm".

نصر بن سليم

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  • brown
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Arabic: Khalili Collection, DOC 20 [AR 26]: Folio (recto)
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