New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.173
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Ms.Heb.8333.173
National Library of Israel
Bamiyan Papers
Silver (given following internal peer review)
New Persian (Arabic script)
Administrative
Administrative: Receipt

Physical Description

paper
fold lines
8.2
8.5
5
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Content

A receipt issued by the anbār-dār Abū Bakr b. ʿUmar for the delivery of 413 mann of grain.

Dates

  • The Gregorian calendar: November-December 1183 (Estimated date range: 1183-11-30-1183-12-28)
  • The Hijri calendar: Shaʿbān 579 (0579-08)

People

  • Abū Bakr b. ʿUmar
  • Fākhir

Publications

  • Azad, Arezou with Firoozbakhsh, Pejman. 2025. The Warehouse of Bamiyan: Economic Life in Medieval Afghanistan. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
    Catalogue Number: 5
    The IEDC translation and transcription have been taken from this publication

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IEDC Data

85
14/01/2024
27/05/2025

Citations

Arezou Azad
Pejman Firoozbakhsh
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Folios
1. recto
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Transcription
Translation
Tags
Folio:

Administrative, Military and Legal Titles, Offices and Processes

Anbār (warehouse)
Muʿāmala

Agricultural Terms

Ghalla (grain)

Markings

Jaʾiza (cipher)

Measurement Units

Mann
Transcription
Folio:
                 ابوبکر بن عمر 1
 تسلیم کرد خواجه فاخر از سبارغو از 2
 غله غوروند از معاملت سنه ثمان سبعین 3
 انبار ذخیره                غله 4
     [نصفه] ماتین ست منا        جهارصد سیزده من 5
 این خط حجت باشد بتاریخ فی شعبان سنه تسع و سبعین و خمسمائه 6
Translation
Folio:
1                          Abū Bakr b. ʿUmar
2  Khwāja Fākhir from Sibārghū has delivered 
3  Ghorbandi grain towards the tax assessment of the year [5]78.
4  Granary                    grain
5  [half-amount:] 206                413 mann
6  This document shall serve as proof. In Shaʿbān of the year 579.
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