New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.44
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Ms.Heb.8333.44
National Library of Israel
Bamiyan Papers
Gold (given following external peer review through journal/book publication)
New Persian (Arabic script)
Administrative
Administrative: Order of payment (or other)
Zīr Damān (Zīr-i Damān)

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Content

A note stating that a commander called Zayn al-Ḥaḍra Abū Bakr has been sent to apprehend the shiḥna officers Muḥammad b. Maḥmūd and Muḥammad b. Ḥasan (probably Jamāl al-Dīn and Shujāʿ al-Dīn), by force if necessary.

Dates

  • The Gregorian calendar: ca. 1218 (1218)
  • The Hijri calendar: ca. 614 (0614)

People

  • Shujāʿ al-Dīn Muḥammad [b.] Ḥasan
  • Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Maḥmūd
  • Zayn al-Ḥaḍrat Abū Bakr (commander (sarhang) Zayn al-Ḥaḍra Abū Bak)

Publications

  • Azad, Arezou with Firoozbakhsh, Pejman. 2025. The Warehouse of Bamiyan: Economic Life in Medieval Afghanistan. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
    Catalogue Number: 17
    The IEDC translation and transcription have been taken from this publication

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IEDC Data

73
02/12/2023
27/05/2025

Citations

Arezou Azad
Nabi Saqee, Ofir Haim, Pejman Firoozbakhsh
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Administrative, Military and Legal Titles, Offices and Processes

Sarhang
Shiḥna/shiḥnagī
Ḥaq/Ḥuqūq (obligation, policy, assessed payment)
Transcription
Folio:
لله [الحـ]ـمد                                                         ... (؟)  1
سرهنک زین‌الحضره ابوبکر را فرستاده شد محمد محمود  2
و محمد حسن کی بامر شحنگی در درۀ زیردمان (؟) کار کرده[‌اند]  3
در صحبت او بیایند و اکر اهستکی کنند او را اجازتست  4
تا ایشان را بتکلیف بیارد تا از عهده حقوق  5
دیوانی بیرون ایند بر این جمله بدانند               ...(؟)  6
Translation
Folio:
1  [Praise] is for God (?)
2  The commander Zayn al-Ḥaḍra Abū Bakr has been sent
3  [so that] Muḥammad b. Maḥmūd and Muḥammad b. Ḥasan, who have been working as shiḥnas in Zīrdamān Valley (?),
4  come back with him. If they tarry, [Abū Bakr] is permitted
5  to retrieve them with force, so that they
6  meet their obligations to [transfer the requisite] diwani taxes. They should take note of this.    [merciful?]
New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.44: Folio (recto)
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