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A receipt issued by the anbār-dār Abū Bakr b. ʿUmar for the delivery of 188 mann of wheat.

Dates

  • The Gregorian calendar: January-February 1171 (1171-01-11 - 1171-02-08)
  • The Hijri calendar: Jumādā I 566 (0566-05)

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Ms.Heb.8333.99
Gold (given following external peer review through journal/book publication)
New Persian (Arabic script)
Administrative: Receipt

Physical Description

paper
fold lines
6.0
9.5
6
three vertical (central one deeper) and three horizontal fold lines.

Publications

  • Azad, Arezou with Firoozbakhsh, Pejman. 2025. The Warehouse of Bamiyan: Economic Life in Medieval Afghanistan. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
    Catalogue Number: 3
    The IEDC translation and transcription have been taken from this publication

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IEDC Data

83
14/01/2024
17/07/2025

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Arezou Azad
Nabi Saqee, Ofir Haim, Pejman Firoozbakhsh
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Folios
1. recto
2. verso
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Transcription
Folio:
…(؟)                ابوبکر بن عمر 1
تسلیم کرد مردمان غور کرود از غله تحکمانه انبار خاصه 2
                    کندم 3
    [نصفه] اربع وتسعین منا        صد هشتاد هشت من 4
5 محـــــمد
احمد یوسف
مسعـــــود
عبدالله
عـــــمر
امیران
6 صد من هشتاد سه من پنج من
این خط حجت باشد بتاریخ فی جماد الاول سنه ست ستین و خمسمائه 7
غور        جفت باره 1
Translation
Folio:
1     [Bismillāh ?]                     Abū Bakr b. ʿUmar
2 The people of Ghūr-i Karūd have delivered the statutory grain [tax] to the state warehouse.
3                         Wheat
4 [half of it:] 94 mann            188 mann
5 Muḥammad
b. Aḥmad b. Yūsuf
Masʿūd
b. ʿAbd Allāh
ʿUmar
b. Amīrān
6 100 mann 83 mann 5 mann
7 This document shall serve as proof. Dated Jumād[ā] I of the year 566.
1  Ghūr            juft pāra
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