Khalili Collection: DOC 45 [AR 20]
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Quittance relating to the dowry of Ḥamra, the daughter of Mīr b. Bēk.

Dates

  • The Gregorian calendar: September-August 766 (0766-08-16 - 0766-09-14)
  • The Hijri calendar: Rajab 149 (0149-07)

Details

DOC 45 [AR 20]
Khalili Collection
Tukharistan Papers
Gold (given following external peer review through journal/book publication)
Arabic (Arabic script)
Legal
Legal: Marriage

Physical Description

parchment
Written on light coloured parchment, the writing surface shows fold lines. There is a lacuna in the left corner.
16.5
12.0

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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: 147-9)
    Catalogue Number: 27
    The IEDC translation and transcription have been taken from this publication

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IEDC Data

58
02/12/2023
08/08/2024

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Geoffrey Khan
Thomas Benfey
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Folios
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Transcription
Folio:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 1
هذا كتاب براة من [موسى بن سلمن(؟)] وخيب 2
بن نشبود لمير الباميانى انا حاسبنك 3
بما كان لنا عليك من مهر ابنتك حمرة 4
خمس مية درهم وسوا ذلك ما دان لنا 5
عليك من دين قليل او كثير من قبالة 6
ينجب بن بيرونى ا و غيره فقد 7
قبضنا منك ذلك وبرئت 8
الينا منه كله فليس لنا قبلك 9
حق ولا طلبة شهد يحيى بن حبة 10
والعذافر ب ن صفوان وعبد الله مولى حر 11
ث ومحمد بن سعيد وعبد الله 12
بن سليمن وخاقان بن قدودى وخلد 13
بن شيبان وكتب فى رجب 14
سنة تسع واربعين ومية 15
Translation
Folio:
1 In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
2 This is a document of quittance from [Mūsā b. Salmān] and Khīb
3 b. Nashbūd to Mīr, the man from Bāmiyān. We have settled our account with you
4 concerning what you owed us with regard to the dowry of your daughter Ḥamra,
5 five hundred dirhams, and in addition to that whatever debt you owed us,
6 little or much, with regard to the contract
7 of Yanjub b. Bīrūnī [?] or anybody else. We have
8 received that from you and you have been released
9 from (the obligation to pay) it to us and we have no
10 right or demand against you. It was witnessed by Yaḥyā b. Ḥabba,
11 al-ʿUdhāfir b. Sṭafwān, ʿAbdallāh the client of Ḥārith,
12 Muḥammad b. Saʿīd, ʿAbd Allāh
13 b. Sulaymān, Khāqān b. Frodā [??] and Khālid
14 b. Shaybān. It was written in Rajab
15 of the year one hundred and forty nine.
Seals
Seal 1
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Unknown

The bulla contains eight impressions, two of which are made with thumbnails and the remaining six with a seal. No seal inscriptions are visible.

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Khalili Collection: DOC 45 [AR 20]: Folio (recto)
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