National Museum of Tajikistan: L3 (F5)
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Fragment of a very early short letter from the Sanjar Shah site in modern-day Tajikistan
 

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L3 (F5)
Gold (given following external peer review through journal/book publication)
Arabic (Arabic script)
Letter

Physical Description

paper
tears
Only a fragment from the bottom of the document survives, black ink; verso unused
16.0
5.0

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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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1311
07/11/2025
12/11/2025

Citations

Mateen Arghandehpour
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Folios
1. recto
Transcription
Folio:
[      ]ـکن عند ... اٮا[            ] 1
[      ]ـت وفقنا واياك [ والسلم عليك] 2
[      ] ورحمت الله 3
Translation
Folio:
1 [ ] … [ ]
2 [ ] may God grant us and you success [ peace be upon you]
3 [ ] and the mercy of God
National Museum of Tajikistan: L3 (F5): Folio (recto)
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