National Museum of Tajikistan: L2 (F4)
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Fragment of a very early short letter from the Sanjar Shah site in modern-day Tajikistan
 

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L2 (F4)
Gold (given following external peer review through journal/book publication)
Arabic (Arabic script)
Letter

Physical Description

paper
tears
Only a fragment of the top part survives, black ink; verso side used
5.3
14.0

Publications

  • The Earliest Arabic Documents Written on Paper: Three Letters from Sanjar-Shah (Tajikistan), Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 43 (2016), pp. 141-191.

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1310
07/11/2025
12/11/2025

Citations

Mateen Arghandehpour
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Folios
1. recto
2. verso
Transcription
Folio:
[بسـ]ـم الله الرحمن الرحـ[يم] 1
[من                          ] يحيی الی [                سلم عليك فاني احمد] 2
[اليك ا]لله الذي لا اله الا هو 3
[اما بعد عـ]ـافينا الله و اياك با[حسن(؟) عافيته(؟)                            ] 4
[                  ] مـ[ـن] قبلنا [                                                ] 5
[          ]ه 1
Translation
Folio:
1 [In the na]me of God, the Merciful, the Com[passionate.]
2 [From …] Yaḥyā to [ Peace be upon you. I praise]
3 God [for your sake,] besides whom there is no other god.
4 [Now then, may] God grant us and you the b[est of His well-being(?) ]
5 [ ] those with us [ ]
National Museum of Tajikistan: L2 (F4): Folio (recto)
National Museum of Tajikistan: L2 (F4): Folio (verso)
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