Arabic: Khalili Collection, DOC 14 [AR 28]
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DOC 14 [AR 28]
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
Written on light-colored parchment, the writing surface shows fold lines.
11.5
3.0
5 lines.

Content

Tax quittance for Mīr 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

  • Mīr b. Bēk
  • Shuʿayb b. ʿAlwān
  • ʿUmar b. ʿĀrim

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: 110-111)
    Catalogue Number: 10
    The IEDC translation and transcription have been taken from this publication

Related Shelfmarks

IEDC Data

50
02/12/2023
08/08/2024

Citations

Geoffrey Khan
Thomas Benfry
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Folios
1. recto
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Transcription
Translation
Transcription
Folio:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 1
هذا كتاب من شعيب بن علون عامل الامير عمر بن عارم على مدر ورزم براة لمير بن بيك 2
انك اديت الى مما صار عليك من خراج سنة احدى وخمسين ومية وقسمة 3
خراج سنة خمسين ومية درهم واربعة دوانيق قبضت ذلك منك و 4
برئت الى منها وكتب فى ذو القعدة سنة اثنين وخمسين ومــــــــــــية 5
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, a quittance for Mīr b. Bēk.
3 You have delivered to me what you owe with regard to the kharāj for the year one hundred and fifty-one and the portion
4 of the kharāj for the year one hundred and fifty, one dirham and four dānaqs. I have received that from you and
5 you have been released from (the obligation to pay) them to me. It has been written in Dhū al-Qaʿda of the year one hundred and fifty-two.
Seals
Seal 1
Photograph of this seal
Inscription

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

شعيب بن علون

  • inscription
  • brown
  • inscriptions
Seal 2
Photograph of this seal
Inscription

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

شعيب بن علون

  • inscription
  • brown
  • inscriptions
Arabic: Khalili Collection, DOC 14 [AR 28]: Folio (recto)
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