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In IEDC since 29 May 2024 (IEDCID140)
1 location unknown: Minorsky A
This is a letter sent to Shujāʿ al-Dunyā wal-Dīn, whose whereabouts are unclear. The sender is providing four updates: 1) an update that an envoy arrived on behalf of Sulṭān ʿAlī from Balkh (?), requesting residence at the palace, but that he was rejected and sent away; 2) confirmation that the recipient's updates are reaching the sender;...
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Letter (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
Unknown
Tags: coinage warehouse ḥawāla (transfer) clothing ṭās (unit of volume) khudāwand master sulṭān
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In IEDC since 21 May 2025 (IEDCID1261)
2 location unknown: location unknown (field no. CT-133/4)
This document is a receipt concerning the distribution of bread rations by a certain Windādag.
Primary Language
Middle Persian (Pahlavi script)
Type
Administrative (Document)
Writing Support
Ostracon
Dates (CE)
Unknown
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In IEDC since 07 Nov 2025 (IEDCID1303)
3 location unknown: Minorsky B
An appeal to the notables of Dasht-I Zīnvārī regarding a case of infidels murdering khwāja Ḥusayn (?) Gh.zhdī and looting him. His oaths were to take an oath, sign a document and receive 17 donkey-loads of barley. The document has particularly poor penmanship, and ends with a quotation from the Qurʾān 12:81.
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Unknown
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
Unknown
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In IEDC since 07 Nov 2025 (IEDCID1304)
4 location unknown: Minorsky C
A letter addressed to khudāwand-i ṣadr-i ajall-i mumakkan-i fāḍil-i munʿim-i muḥsin-i mufḍil Zayn (?) al-Dīn [Abū Bakr?] Malik al-Tujjār regarding certain amounts of metal and coins. The address is inscribed on the verso, opposite to what would be expected.
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Letter (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
Unknown
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In IEDC since 07 Nov 2025 (IEDCID1305)
5 location unknown: Minorsky F
This letter is the report of a servant of some standing to a master 'khudawand' regarding his charge of a herd of 400 camels and related logistics. The writer expresses desperation and asks for his lord's attention.
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Letter (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
Unknown
Transcription Translation Transliteration
In IEDC since 07 Nov 2025 (IEDCID1306)
6 location unknown: Minorsky E
A receipt for a cover letter (Minorsky D). The letter was sent by Abū Bakr b. Yūnis b. ʿAbduh to Khudāvand-i Adīb Ḥājib-i Ajalli-i Muḥtaram(?)-i Mukarram-i Muʿaddil Amīn al-Dawla wa al-Dīn, who appears in this document as Amīn al-Dīn Mihtar Muḥammad.
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Administrative (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
25 April 1211
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In IEDC since 07 Nov 2025 (IEDCID1307)
7 location unknown: Minorsky D
A cover letter sent by Abū Bakr b. Yūnis b. ʿAbduh to Khudāvand-i Adīb Ḥājib-i Ajalli-i Muḥtaram(?)-i Mukarram-i Muʿaddil Amīn al-Dawla wa al-Dīn, who appears in Minorsky E as Amīn al-Dīn Mihtar Muḥammad. This document is the covering letter and Minorsky E is the receipt.
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Administrative (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
25 April 1211
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