Bactrian: Collection of Isao Kurita, Sims-Williams zd
This is a short devotional text added secondarily on two blank sides in the middle of a large Sanskrit manuscript of the Prātimokṣasūtra, which must have consisted of 116 or 117 folios, only a portion of which have survived, and was allegedly from Bamiyan. Text and translation is incomplete.
- IEDC ID
- 10
- Type
- Paraliterary (Literature)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 02 Dec 2023
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Arabic: Khalili Collection, DOC 45 [AR 20]
Quittance relating to the dowry of Ḥamra, the daughter of Mīr b. Bēk.
- IEDC ID
- 58
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 02 Dec 2023
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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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Arabic: Private Collection, Huart III
This is one of three Arabic land sale documents from Yārkand which Huart received from Pelliot to study. The original was accompanied by a modern transcription. This is a land sale document dated 489/1096 and concerns the purchase of land in the Yārkand kūra for 4,600 valid and current dirhems.
- IEDC ID
- 152
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 2
- IEDC Input Date
- 10 Jun 2024
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New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.219
A letter to a subordinate counterpart, possibly Abū Bakr Kalānisī, regarding a number of matters, including outstanding payments and requisitions, gardening and saddle making, and family affairs.
- IEDC ID
- 164
- Type
- Letter (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 2
- IEDC Input Date
- 25 Jul 2024
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New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.27
Fragment from the bottom of a chancery decree. The document may have been issued in the Ghaznavid period, as it pertains to the first 29 documents purchased by the NLI in 2013. Most of these documents are dated to the first half of the eleventh century.
- IEDC ID
- 166
- Type
- Administrative (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 02 Sep 2024
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Arabic: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.161
Fragment of legal document, possibly concerning marital issues.
- IEDC ID
- 215
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 08 Sep 2024
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New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.127
A note concerning the repayment of 50 (?) mann by naqīb ʿAlī Bāmiyānī for a previous loan.
- IEDC ID
- 218
- Type
- Administrative (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 08 Sep 2024
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 55
None
- IEDC ID
- 239
- Type
- Administrative (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 2
- IEDC Input Date
- 30 Sep 2024
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 95
Petition made on behalf of a female farmer, the daughter of Khiḍṛ b. Palang, to Asad al-Dawla wal-Dīn, asking him to rescind an order to curtail her plot.
- IEDC ID
- 241
- Type
- Administrative (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 30 Sep 2024
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 4
A fragmentary letter sent to a high official, probably situated in Firuzkuh either at the time of Ghurid or Khwārazmshāhī rule. The writer has travelled to Firuzkuh several times but was denied access to the recipient. He wishes to return to Firuzkuh and might be seeking employment in the court.
- IEDC ID
- 253
- Type
- Letter (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 30 Sep 2024
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 12
A fragment of land sale deed concerning 10 parcels of mountain land in the village of Tufandī near Ghandamīn (present-day Ghalmīn?). The format is standard for contemporary land sale deeds written in the region (see, e.g., Khalili 37, Khalili 38).
- IEDC ID
- 258
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 18 Oct 2024
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New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.155, verso
A letter from ʿAlī b. ʿUmar to Amīn al-Mulk, Muʿtamid al-Dawla (the name is missing due to a lacuna in the text). The sender mentions the threats made by Shujāʿ al-Mulk Ḥasan and asks the recipient to reprimand Ḥasan. He also affirms his loyalty, stating that he is simply fulfilling his duties and nothing more. However, if the recipient demands,...
- IEDC ID
- 300
- Type
- Letter (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 11 Nov 2024
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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 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: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.213
Inventory list of items, mostly kitchenware.
- IEDC ID
- 1185
- Type
- List or table (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 30 Jan 2025
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New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.120, verso
List detailing amounts of grain seed from the village of Wak.
- IEDC ID
- 1193
- Type
- Administrative (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 31 Jan 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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