National Library of Israel: Ms.Heb.8333.174
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Receipt issued by the anbār-dār Abū Bakr b. ʿUmar for the delivery of 500 mann of corn and pulses to the granary, probably in repayment of an earlier loan.

Dates

  • The Gregorian calendar: November-December 1185 (1185-11-09 - 1185-12-07)
  • The Hijri calendar: Shaʿbān 581 (0581-08)

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Ms.Heb.8333.174
National Library of Israel
Bamiyan Papers
Gold (given following external peer review through journal/book publication)
New Persian (Arabic script)
Administrative
Administrative: Receipt
Ghūrwand

Physical Description

paper
fold lines
dark grey ink
7.8
10.8
3
horizontal
3 horizontal fold lines

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Publications

  • Azad, Arezou with Firoozbakhsh, Pejman. 2025. The Warehouse of Bamiyan: Economic Life in Medieval Afghanistan. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
    Catalogue Number: 6
    The IEDC translation and transcription have been taken from this publication

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IEDC Data

86
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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Administrative, Military and Legal Titles, Offices and Processes

Anbār (warehouse)
Muʿāmala

Agricultural Terms

Ghalla (grain)

Markings

Jaʾiza (cipher)

Measurement Units

Mann
Transcription
Folio:
    از سنه ثمانین خمس مایه (؟) 1
                    ابوبکر بن عمر 2
تسلیم کرد خواجه رئیس محمد شنگریانی از غله ثفل 3
غوروند از معاملت سنه ثمانین انبار ذخیره 4
  [نصفه] ماتین خمسین منا        غله پانصد من 5
این خط حجت باشد بتاریخ فی شعبان سنه احدی و ثمانین و خمسمائه 6
Translation
Folio:
1              From [the assessment of?] the year 580.
2                          Abū Bakr b. ʿUmar
3  The khwāja-yi raʾīs Muḥammad Shingiriyānī has delivered Ghorbandi grain-pulses towards the tax assessment of the year [5]80 [to the] granary:
4  [half-amount:] 250 mann            grain: 500 mann
5  This document shall serve as proof. In Shaʿbān of the year 581.
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