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Administrative: Grains disbursed from the granary
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ʿAjagak (Hajigak (modern))
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رسحر مں (؟)
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Toponym (Alternative Readings (one place, different readings)) (Other Attested Forms (one place, different writings))
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Wak
Warmiyās
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Amīn
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bism
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darak (claim)
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imām
In a state of sound body and mind
infāq
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kalima
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madrasa
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namak bast
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waqf
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ʿAwāriḍ (public expenses)
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Ḥaq/Ḥuqūq (obligation, policy, assessed payment)
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ashjār al-muthmara / ashjār ghayr al-muthmara
bayr
Donkeys
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Ghalla (grain)
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hay
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Jaw (barley)
kuram (vineyard)
Kāh (straw)
kāhdān
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nahr/anhār
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Seeds
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ʿĀsiya (mill)
ḥamy (orchard)
Currencies and Denominations
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Dirham
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Dīnār
naqd
Shiyānī
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Zar
ʿAdlī
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Ṭās
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Bactrian: Khalili Collection, DOC 55
This double document is a contract of land purchase. Absih, Sor, Wakhsh-burd, and Meyam, the sons of Wahran, sold a property called the village of Zerd to Zar-yol, Bredag, and Sand at the price of 150 silver Arab dirhams
IEDC ID
18
Type
Legal (Document)
Number of Folios
2
IEDC Input Date
02 Dec 2023
Transcription
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