Arabic: Khalili Collection, DOC 16 [AR 24]
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DOC 16 [AR 24]
Khalili Collection
Arabic Documents from Early Islamic Khurasan
Gold (given following external peer review through journal/book publication)
Arabic (Arabic script)
Administrative
Administrative: Lists and accounting
Ghandar

Physical Description

parchment
fold lines
Written on light-coloured parchment, the writing surface shows fold lines.
11.0
6.5

Content

Land survey document for Malik b. Žundād.

Dates

  • The Gregorian calendar: June-July 771 (Estimated date range: 0771-06-19-0771-07-15)
  • The Hijri calendar: Rajab 154 (0154-07)

People

  • Khūn
  • Kātib b. Naṣr
  • Ziyād b. Sinān
  • Malik b. Žundād

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: 138-140)
    Catalogue Number: 24
    The IEDC translation and transcription have been taken from this publication

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IEDC Data

49
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
هذا كتاب من زياد 2
بن سنان وكتب بن نصروخون المختار 3
لملك بن زونداد انا مسحنا عليك 4
فى قصر غندر من الكروم الغامرة 5
قفيزتين وارض ستة اقـفزة ونصف ولـ 6
مولى نصر من الكروم ثلثة اقـفزة 7
ونصف وارض قفيزتين ولقاروال بن مير 8
من الكروم ثلثة اقـفزة ونصف 9
وارض جريب وثلثة اقـفزة وكتب 10
فى رجب سنة اربع وخمسين ومية 11
Translation
Folio:
1 In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
2 This is a document from Ziyād
3 b Sinān, Kātib b. Naṣr and Khūn the mukhtār,
4 to Malik b. Žundād. We have measured against you
5 in the citadel of Ghandar two qafīzs of uncultivated orchards
6 and six qafīzs and a half of land. With regard
7 the client of Naṣr, three qafīzs and a half of orchards
8 and two qafīzs of land. With regard to Qārwāl b. Mīr,
9 three qafīzs and a half of orchards and
10 one jarīb and three qafīzs of land. It has been written
11 in Rajab of the year one hundred and fifty-four.
Seals
Seal 1
Photograph of this seal
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The impression on the seal is obliterated.

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Arabic: Khalili Collection, DOC 16 [AR 24]: Folio (recto)
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