New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.177
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Ms.Heb.8333.177
National Library of Israel
Bamiyan Papers
Gold (given following external peer review through journal/book publication)
New Persian (Arabic script)
Administrative
Administrative: Receipt

Physical Description

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Content

A receipt issued by the anbār-dār Abū Bakr b. ʿUmar for the delivery of 413 mann of Ghorbandi corn or pulses to the granary, probably in repayment of an earlier loan.

Dates

  • The Gregorian calendar: October 1183 (1183-10)
  • The Hijri calendar: Jumādā II 579 (0579-06)

People

  • Abū Bakr b. ʿUmar
  • Imām (?) b. Muḥammad b. Yūsuf

Publications

  • Azad, Arezou with Firoozbakhsh, Pejman. 2025. The Warehouse of Bamiyan: Economic Life in Medieval Afghanistan. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
    Catalogue Number: 4
    The IEDC translation and transcription have been taken from this publication

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IEDC Data

84
14/01/2024
27/05/2025

Citations

Arezou Azad
Nabi Saqee, Ofir Haim, Pejman Firoozbakhsh
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Folios
1. recto
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Folio:

Administrative, Military and Legal Titles, Offices and Processes

Anbār (warehouse)
Muʿāmala

Markings

Jaʾiza (cipher)
Transcription
Folio:
                  ابوبکر بن عمر 1
 تسلیم کرد امام (؟) بن محمد بن یوسف از محله سبارغو 2
 از غله ثفل غوروند از معاملت سنه ثمان سبعین انبار [ذ]خیره 3
                     غله 4
     [نصفه] مائه عشرین منا        دویست جهل من 5
 این خط حجت باشد بتاریخ فی جماد[ی] الاخر سنه تسع و سبعین و خمسمائه 6
Translation
Folio:
1                          Abū Bakr b. ʿUmar
2  Imām (?) b. Muḥammad b. Yūsuf from the area of Sibārghū has delivered
3  Ghorbandi grain-pulses towards the tax assessment of the year [5]78 [to the] granary.
4                          grain
5  [half-amount:] 120 mann                240 mann
6  This document shall serve as proof. In Jumād[ā] II of the year 579.
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