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This is a literary fragment that has been detached for a codex, dealing with the ancient Iranian festivals of nawrūz and sada.

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Ms.Heb.8333.188
National Library of Israel
Bamiyan Papers
Silver (given following internal peer review)
New Persian (Arabic script)
Literary text

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paper
Good condition bifolio, holes where thread bound the quire, 14 lines on each of the four sides, black ink fragmentary text
17.8
18.0

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  • Shaked, Shaul. 2018. ‘Yima in a Newly Discovered Manuscript’. In Arj-i Khirad: Jashnnama-yi Ustad Jalal Khalighi Mutlagh [The Value of Wisdom: Festschrift for professor Jalal Khalighi Mutlagh], edited by Farhad Aslani and Masoume Pourtaghi. Morvarid Publishing. Pp. 21-28

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IEDC Data

1290
28/07/2025
12/11/2025

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Arezou Azad
Mateen Arghandehpour, Nabi Saqee, Nadia Vidro, Pejman Firoozbakhsh
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Folio:

Right side (page 4)

بشاذي آتشي بزرک بِکر 1
ذند وֹ نشاط و شاذي 2
همي کَرذند هرْ کسي 3
بجَای خویش. و اِین 4
نیز باِتفاق جنان او 5
فتاذ کِه همْ روز 6
آبان بود. ڛذه نَام 7
نهاذند  وֹ سذه‌ی نخستین 8
محکَمْ‌ تر کِرْذند تا بڔ 9
وزکَارِ جمْ. جون جَمْ پدیذَار 10
آمد و بَاذشایي بیافت 11
وֹز ایزذ او را تاییدهَا 12
بوذ جه بروزکار اندڔ 13
خلل آمذَه بود و تبا َهي 14

Left side (page 1)

و تَبَاهي اندَرْ روزکَاڔ 15
و ڛڛتی روزبروز 16
نیز همی کشت تا بوقت 17
جَمْ. جون جم بَاذشایي 18
بِکِڔفت وَز ایزد او 19
راَ تَاییدها بُوذ جنانك 20
بیش ازَانْ کڛ رَا 21
نبوذَه بود جم بتد بیر 22
کَارهَا استوارْ 23
کَرْذ سده تا زه 24
کَرْد .هَرْ ایینی کِه 25
بیش ازَان بوذَه بوذ نیکو 26
تر اَزَان بڛاخت. جون 27
کار آرَام کڔِفت وֹ آبْ 28

Right side (page 2)

بَاذْشاهي و فرْمَان بُرْ 1
ذَاري بجای بازْآمَذ 2
رسمهَا نیکو بنهَاذ. اور 3
مزد ماه فرورذین 4
روزْ بنِشڛتند بجشن 5
کرْدَن نوْروز. جنین کفْت 6
کِه این نوروز اڛت 7
که کار جهان بَازرسم 8
و ذاذْ آمد و فَڛاد کمْ شد 9
وֹ بَذَان دور کرذ. آن روز 10
جشن کرذَند وֹ نوروز 11
نَام کرذند. جون کاڔ 12
برو قرار کِرِفت 13
وهڔ کسٚي بکارِ خویش باز 14

Left side (page 3)

آوردْ بَاز جَاي خویش 15
و دست بیدَاذکَرَان 16
کوتَه کَرْذ و کَار جهَان 17
ڔوي بَآباذَاني نهاذ. 18
کشتهَا بڛیار بِکردَنْد 19
وֹ هَرْ کسِي بکار خویش 20
بَاز شدند. جون زمڛتان 21
بکذَشت و بَرْفها بکذَ 22
اخت مَرْذمان بشا 23
ذیها بدَشت بیرون 24
شذند. کشتها ڛبز 25
بدیذَند نیکو کفتند برهَا 26
نیکوتر شده‌ست وَ 27
برهَا امڛال نیکوترڛت 28
Translation
Folio:

Right side (page 4)

1 With great joy, they built large fires,
2 drank and made merry; everyone in
4 their own place. And this
5 [event] happened to fall
6 on the tenth day of the month (of bahman?), and it was named sada.
8 The fostered the original sada 
9 until
10 Jam’s time. When Jam appeared [on the scene]
11 and assumed the kingship --
12 with much support from god [and]
13 because of the chaos and corruption that abounded

Left side (page 1)

14 The corruption of the time and
15 impotence that abounded
16 continued until the era of
17 Jam. After Jam assumed the kingship,
18 with the support of god at
7 hitherto unseen levels,
8 he took care of
9 all matters with wisdom.
10 He revived the sada (?)
11 [festival], He improved all customs
12 that had pre-existed.
13 When
14 the situation became stable and the [good] reputation of

Right side (page 2)

1 the monarchy and rule
2 had been restored,
3 he put in place sound customs.
4 On the day of Ūrmazd (i.e. the 1st day) of month of farvardīn,
5 they would gather to celebrate
6 the new year (nawrūz). He spoke thus,
7 “Today is the new day
8 because order to the world
9 and justice have come, and depravity has vanished
10 and the villains have been kept at bay!” That day
11 they held a celebration and called it
12 nawrūz (“new day”).  After assuming power,
14 he reinstated everyone in their

 Left side (page 3)

15 original posts,
16 and disempowered the oppressors.
17 The affairs of the world
18 began to flourish.
19 They farmed a lot,
20 and everyone returned to
21 work. After the winters
22 when the snows melted,
23 the people would
24 go out into the meadows filled with joy.
25 They would see the green,
26 beautiful farms, and exclaim,
27 “How the quality of the produce has improved,
28 and this year’s harvest is even better!”
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