New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 70
Fragment of a letter confirming receipt of the recipient's letter. The sender is inferior to the recipient and applies the standard politeness protocol required when writing to a superior.
- IEDC ID
- 1157
- Type
- Letter (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 24 Jan 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 79
Fragment of a letter probably concerning commercial matters, such as weaving, grains, and a vineyard.
- IEDC ID
- 1158
- Type
- Letter (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 24 Jan 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 80
Fragment of a document concerning eight pasture ewes. The text was written by a skilled scribe in a calligraphic style.
- IEDC ID
- 1159
- Type
- Letter (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 26 Jan 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 84
A small fragment of a list, likely issued by an administrative authority, detailing the property of each villager.
- IEDC ID
- 1160
- Type
- List or table (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 26 Jan 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 94
Private letter sent to Asad al-Dawla wal-Dīn, thanking him for writing a document that freed the sender, possibly from slavery, state service or prison. The sender adds that he has just returned from India, and he seems to know the recipient personally.
- IEDC ID
- 1161
- Type
- Letter (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 26 Jan 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 35
The beginning of a petition sent to an official titled Jamāl al-Dawla wal-Dīn by the inhabitants of Irīzh.
- IEDC ID
- 1162
- Type
- Administrative (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 26 Jan 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 97
A petition sent to Asad al-Dawla wal-Dīn, Ulugh Jāndār Bīk, asking for judgement of a particular egregious misdeed carried out against a group of peasants.
- IEDC ID
- 1163
- Type
- Administrative (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 26 Jan 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 75, recto
Fragment of a petition in which a village administrator reports on a case of fraud committed by the muqaddams of another village. The continuation of the letter is missing. This side of the paper was reused with writing in between the first six lines by a different hand.
- IEDC ID
- 1164
- Type
- Administrative (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 26 Jan 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 21 & 27
Legal query (istiftā) addressed to religious authorities regarding whether a seller of land can challenge the validity of the annulment (iqālat) of a sale with a representative (wakīl) acting on behalf of his nephew (khwāhar-zāda). The annulment met the following conditions: 1) the seller was mature and of...
- IEDC ID
- 1165
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 26 Jan 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 22
Legal query (istiftā) concerning a land sale transaction between a seller and a representative acting on behalf of the latter's nephew (khwāhar-zāda). The sale was annulled (iqālat) by mutual agreement, and the representative subsequently repurchased the same land. Later, the seller brought a claim against the...
- IEDC ID
- 1166
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 26 Jan 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 23
Legal query (istiftā) regarding an exchange of two plots of land between two parties. After ten years, a claimant likely one of the original parties demands the harvest (nuzul) not only from the plot of land he originally owned, and probably still possesses (ṣāhib milk), but also from the plot he...
- IEDC ID
- 1167
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 26 Jan 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 24
Legal query (istiftā) regarding whether the seller can demand a document from the representative, making the latter responsible for providing the harvest (nuzul) to the initial buyer (the nephew) in case the nephew makes a claim against the seller. The response rules that the seller cannot compel the representative to provide...
- IEDC ID
- 1168
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 26 Jan 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 25
Legal query (istiftā) regarding the seller's right to challenge the validity of a sale or its annulment before the buyer has raised any objections. The sale or its annulment was conducted properly between the seller and a representative or another party (ajnabī) acting on behalf of the buyer. The response...
- IEDC ID
- 1169
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 26 Jan 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 26
A brief legal query (istiftā) regarding whether the seller has the right to compel the buyer's representative to appear before the buyer (the nephew) in order to renew (tajdīd) the annulment of the transaction. The response rules that the seller cannot force the representative to do so.
- IEDC ID
- 1170
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 26 Jan 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 83
Legal query (istiftā) concerning the proper oral procedure (lafẓ) for appointing a representative (tawkīl) in commercial transactions. The response rules out the usage of the phrases indicated in the query.
- IEDC ID
- 1171
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 26 Jan 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 92
Legal query (istiftā) regarding whether a judge can compel the buyer's representative to return the seller's payment following the annulment of a transaction. The annulment was carried out willingly by the seller, and the buyer (the nephew) accepted it without raising any claims against the seller. The response rules that...
- IEDC ID
- 1172
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 26 Jan 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 71
Opening of a letter addressed to a certain Jamāl al-Dawla wal-Dīn.
- IEDC ID
- 1207
- Type
- Letter (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 02 Feb 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 72
The top part of the paper contains a few practice lines, while the bottom part features a list of items, including textiles and kitchenware.
- IEDC ID
- 1208
- Type
- List or table (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 02 Feb 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 73
Opening of a letter addressed to a female correspondent titled ʿIṣmat al-Dunyā wal-Dīn sent by Ayyūb (?) b. Abū Bakr.
- IEDC ID
- 1209
- Type
- Letter (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 02 Feb 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 75, verso
Fragment of a letter, probably private, in which the sender seeks the recipient's approval to reside in the latter's landed property. The sender also requests a response from the recipient.
- IEDC ID
- 1210
- Type
- Letter (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 02 Feb 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 74
Fragment of the middle part of a decree discussing the kinship rights of the son of a lord, probably killed, and confirming the validity of the late lord's appointment of a high official titled majlis-i rafīʿ. Mayhanī (1350/1971, p. 11) seems to place this majlis-i rafīʿ at a low level of the top tier of the...
- IEDC ID
- 1211
- Type
- Administrative (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 02 Feb 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 76
Fragment of a legal document, with very little text surviving, making it difficult to discern its precise purpose or context.
- IEDC ID
- 1212
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 02 Feb 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 77
Fragment of witness signatures pertaining to a legal document. Very little text survives, making it difficult to discern its precise purpose or context.
- IEDC ID
- 1213
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 2
- IEDC Input Date
- 02 Feb 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 78
Fragment of a letter of an unknown nature.
- IEDC ID
- 1214
- Type
- Letter (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 02 Feb 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 82
A fragment recording a transaction of land sale. The document has multiple errors and possible omissions of formulae expected to be found in such documents.
- IEDC ID
- 1215
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 2
- IEDC Input Date
- 02 Feb 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 9
Fragment of a legal document, possibly a land sale deed or a settlement agreement, concerning a plot of land with a capacity of thirty mann of seed.
- IEDC ID
- 1216
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 02 Feb 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 86
Fragment of a legal document, with very little text surviving, making it difficult to discern its precise purpose or context.
- IEDC ID
- 1217
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 02 Feb 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 87
The bottom part of a legal document, presenting several witness clauses.
- IEDC ID
- 1218
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 02 Feb 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 91
Fragment of a state document requesting that the recipient should approach the king and request that he issue a decree appointing a province governor with his signature (tawqīʿ).
- IEDC ID
- 1219
- Type
- Letter (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 02 Feb 2025
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 98
The opening of the settlement agreement appearing in Firuzkuh 18.
- IEDC ID
- 1220
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 02 Feb 2025
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