New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.97
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Ms.Heb.8333.97
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)
Rubāṭiyān (Ribāṭ Shār)

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Content

An order from the diwan official ʿAlī b. Najīb to the shiḥna Shujāʿ al-Dīn to retrieve 50 out of a total of 300 mann of seed from the commanders (sarhangān) at Sar-i Rubāṭ

Dates

  • The Gregorian calendar: November-December 1217 (Estimated date range: 1217-11-27-1217-12-25)
  • The Hijri calendar: Shaʿbān 614 (0614-08)

People

  • Shujāʿ al-Dīn Muḥammad [b.] Ḥasan
  • ʿAlī [b.] Najīb

Publications

  • Azad, Arezou with Firoozbakhsh, Pejman. 2025. The Warehouse of Bamiyan: Economic Life in Medieval Afghanistan. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
    Catalogue Number: 13
    The IEDC translation and transcription have been taken from this publication

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IEDC Data

90
18/01/2024
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

Bismillāh (including abbrev)
Sarhang

Measurement Units

Mann
Transcription
Folio:
            علی نجیب 1
    ... (؟) 2
شجاع‌الدین محمد حسن دام عزه باید کی 3
بنجاه من تخم از جمله سیصد من سر (؟) رباط 4
کی تعلق به سرهنکان دارد از همکی (؟) 5
باز ستاند تا جای دیکر بکمارند کی 6
ان روش نه تخم دارد و نه زمین 7
از دل بخواهند (؟) فی شعبان سنه اربع عشر ستمائه 8
Translation
Folio:
1          ʿAlī b. Najīb
2          [Bismillāh?]
3  Shujāʿ al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Ḥasan, may God extend his glory, must
4  retrieve 50 mann of seed from a total of 300 mann from Sar-i (?) Rubāṭ
5  from all commanders (sarhangān) to whom [the 50 mann of seed] were assigned,
6  for it to be assigned somewhere else. For
7  this manner bears no seed, nor does [it signal that] they care 
8  about the land. In Shaʿbān of the year 614.
New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.97: Folio (recto)
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