Khalili Collection: DOC 23 [AR 6]
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Tax quittance for Mīr b. Bēk.

Dates

  • The Gregorian calendar: August-September 771 (0771-08-21 - 0771-09-19)
  • The Hijri calendar: Ramaḍān 154 (0154-09)

Details

DOC 23 [AR 6]
Khalili Collection
Arabic Documents from Early Islamic Khurasan
Gold (given following external peer review through journal/book publication)
Arabic (Arabic script)
Administrative
Administrative: Receipt

Physical Description

parchment
fold lines
Written on light coloured parchment, the writing surface shows fold lines.
7.0
6.0

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Publications

  • Khan, Geoffrey. 2007. Arabic documents from early Islamic Khurasan (Studies in the Khalili Collection Volume V). London: The Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions. (Pages: 112-3)
    Catalogue Number: 11
    The IEDC translation and transcription have been taken from this publication

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IEDC Data

33
02/12/2023
08/08/2024

Citations

Geoffrey Khan
Thomas Benfey
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Folios
1. recto
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Transcription
Folio:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 1
هذه براة من بشر بن عمر 2
عامل الامير غالب اصلحه الله على رزم ومدر 3
لمير بن بك انك اديت الى مما صار عليك فى قصر 4
يسكن وغندر من خراج سنة احدى وخمسين 5
وماية خمسة درهم وثلثة دونيق ومن القسمة معها 6
درهم واربعة دونيق ونصف قبضت 7
ذلك منك وبرئت الى منها 8
وكتب فى رمضان سنة اربع وخمسين وماية 9
Translation
Folio:
1 In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
2 This is a quittance from Bishr b. ʿUmar,
3 the financial administrator of the governor Ghālib, my God grant him prosperity, (whose jurisdiction is) over Rizm and Madr,
4 to Mīr b. Bēk. You have delivered to me what you owe in the citadel
5 of Yaskin and Ghandar with regard to the kharāj for the year one hundred and fifty-one,
6 five dirhams and three dānaqs, and the portion (administered) with them,
7 one dirham and four dānaqs and a half. I have received
8 that from you and you have been released (from the obligation) to pay them to me.
9 It has been written in Ramaḍān of the year one hundred and fifty-four.
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Seals
Seal 1
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Inscription

Seal containing the inscription "My sufficiency [is God]".

حسبي (اللّه)

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Khalili Collection: DOC 23 [AR 6]: Folio (recto)
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