Arabic: Khalili Collection, DOC 25 [AR 16]
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DOC 25 [AR 16]
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 brown-colored parchment, the writing surface shows fold lines.
8.5
7.0

Content

Tax quittance for Mīr b. Bēk. Although a location is not mentioned in the text, the persons named suggest Madr and Rizm as the jurisdictional district.

Dates

  • The Gregorian calendar: June-July 767 (Estimated date range: 0767-08-06-0767-07-07)
  • The Hijri calendar: Jumādā I 150 (0150-05)

People

  • Mīr b. Bēk
  • Shihāb b. ʿAmr
  • 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: 106-107)
    Catalogue Number: 8
    The IEDC translation and transcription have been taken from this publication

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IEDC Data

47
02/12/2023
08/08/2024

Citations

Edward Shawe-Taylor
Thomas Benfry
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Folios
1. recto
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Translation
Transcription
Folio:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 1
هذا كتاب من شهاب بن عمرو 2
عامل الامير ابى غالب بن الاصبهبذ اعز الله 3
نصره براة لمير بن بك انك اديت الى 4
مما صار عليك من قسمة الثلث 5
والقسمتين خمسة دراهم وقبضت 6
ذلك منك وبرئت الى منها 7
وكتب فى جمادى الاولى سنة 8
خمسين ومية 9
Translation
Folio:
1 In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
2 This is a document from Shihāb b. ʿAmr,
3 the financial administrator of the governor Abū Ghālib b. al-Iṣbahbadh, may God strengthen
4 his victory, a quittance for Mīr b. Bēk. You have delivered to me
5 what you owe with regard to the portion of the third
6 and the two portions, five dirhams. I have received
7 that from you and you have been released from (the obligation to pay) them to me.
8 It has been written in Jumādā I of the year
9 one hundred and fifty.
Seals
Seal 1
Photograph of this seal
ِAnimal (?)

The seal impression is damaged but appears to be the image of an animal.

  • brown
  • animals
Arabic: Khalili Collection, DOC 25 [AR 16]: Folio (recto)
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