Arabic: Yarkand Collection at SOAS, Arabic No. 2 (Gronke I)
An order concerning a land ownership dispute issued by a judge following a court hearing.
- IEDC ID
- 133
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 20 May 2024
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Arabic: Yarkand Collection at SOAS, Arabic No. 6 (Gronke II)
An order of the court concerning an intestacy.
- IEDC ID
- 134
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 20 May 2024
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Arabic: Yarkand Collection at SOAS, Arabic No. 5 (Gronke III)
A Land sale contract in Arabic, with witness statements in Arabic and Old Uyghur written in both Arabic and Old Uyghur scripts
- IEDC ID
- 137
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 21 May 2024
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Arabic: Yarkand Collection at SOAS, Arabic No. 7 (Gronke IV)
Fragment of a document of appointment to guardianship.
- IEDC ID
- 138
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 22 May 2024
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Arabic: Yarkand Collection at SOAS, Arabic No. 1 (Gronke V)
A land sale contract, with two of its Old Uyghur witness statements in Uyghur letters and one in Arabic script.
- IEDC ID
- 139
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 22 May 2024
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Old Uyghur: Yarkand Collection at SOAS, Turki 4+5 (Erdal Doc. I)
The land sale contracts of the late eleventh century published here are important for several reasons. First, they are the oldest known legal documents written in Turkish. Very many Uighur-Turkish civil documents were found in the more eastern parts of the Tarim basin, but none of those appear to be older than the thirteenth century. the Persian...
- IEDC ID
- 153
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 2
- IEDC Input Date
- 17 Jun 2024
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Old Uyghur: Yarkand Collection at SOAS, Turki 6 (Erdal Doc. II)
Three fragments of a document about a sale of land whose price and location are missing but were probably included in the original document. This is one of six land sale documents written in the late eleventh century, collected by Denison Ross, of which photos were kept at SOAS. Formally, these documents differ from the non-Muslim deeds of land...
- IEDC ID
- 154
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 20 Jun 2024
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Old Uyghur: Yarkand Collection at SOAS, Turki 7 (Erdal Doc. III)
A fragment of a land sale document consisting of six witness statements. This is one of six land sale documents written in the late eleventh century, collected by Denison Ross, of which photos were kept at SOAS. Formally, these documents differ from the non-Muslim deeds of land sale in the collection, which according to Erdal follow Chinese...
- IEDC ID
- 155
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 24 Jun 2024
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Old Uyghur: Yarkand Collection at SOAS, Turki 3 (Erdal Doc. IV)
A fragment of an almost complete land sale document concerning the sale of a grove for the price of 150 yarmaqs. This is one of six land sale documents written in the late eleventh century, collected by Denison Ross, of which photos were kept at SOAS. Formally, these documents differ from the non-Muslim deeds of land sale in the...
- IEDC ID
- 156
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 24 Jun 2024
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Old Uyghur: Yarkand Collection at SOAS, Turki 1 continued (Erdal Doc. V)
Fragment of a land sale document consisting of 13 witness statements. According to Erdal, this document has a preceding Arabic text which was available to another editor but was lost by the time Erdal was writing. This is one of six land sale documents written in the late eleventh century, collected by Denison Ross, of which photos were kept at...
- IEDC ID
- 160
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 08 Jul 2024
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Old Uyghur: Yarkand Collection at SOAS, Unknown Shelfmark (Erdal VI)
A modern transcription of a lost original land sale document written in the iqrār (acknowledgment) format regarding a plot of land in Sınmas sold for 1000 yarmaqs. Erdal's transcription of the text does not include the interlinear New Persian annotations. This is one of six land sale documents written in the late eleventh century,...
- IEDC ID
- 161
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 08 Jul 2024
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