Bancroft Library, Berkeley: Berk. 67, recto
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A brief fiscal document from the year 16 PYE (667/8 CE) with an important attestation of the term gazīdag, apparently related to Arabic jizya.

Dates

  • The Gregorian calendar: 667-8 (0697 - 0698)
  • Post-Yazdgard Era (PYE): Spandarmad 16 (0016-12)

Details

Berk. 67, recto
Qom Papers
Gold (given following external peer review through journal/book publication)

Physical Description

parchment
fold lines
A fold line discernible in top right, small rip at the top.
8.5
6.5

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Publications

  • Weber, Dieter. 2013. “Taxation in Pahlavi Documents from Early Islamic Times.” In Commentationes Iranicae: Сборник статей к 90-летию Владимира Ароновича Лившица, edited by S. R. Tokhtas’yev and P. B. Lur’ye, 171–81. St. Petersburg: Nestor-Istoriya. (Pages: 174-176)
    The IEDC transcription and translation have been adapted from this publication.
  • Benfey, Thomas. 2024. "Middle Persian documents and the making of the Islamic fiscal system: problems and prospects." BSOAS 87: 395 - 420. (Pages: 398-404)
    The IEDC translation and transcription have been taken from this publication

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1024
10/01/2025
13/11/2025

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Thomas Benfey
The transcription and translation have been adapted from a previous publication (see Publications)
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Folios
1. recto
Transcription
Folio:
1 ēn māh Spandarmad abar sāl 16 
2 az gazīdag mar Yazdāngird 20-s[atē]r [?] 
3 az darīg ō rōyišn [?] dar-handarzbed 
4 āwurd az [?] […]mad ī dar-handarzbed 
Translation
Folio:
1 This month Spandarmad [12th month] of the year 16 [667/8 CE]. 
2 From the account of the gazīdag Yazdāngird brought 20 staters [?] 
3 From the darīg to the prospering [?] dar-handarzbed
4 From […] mad the dar-handarzbed