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In IEDC since 20 May 2024 (IEDCID133)
1 Yarkand Collection at SOAS: Arabic No. 2 (Gronke I)
An order concerning a land ownership dispute issued by a judge following a court hearing.
Primary Language
Arabic (Arabic script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
8 May 1082
Tags: Bismillāh (including abbrev) imām khāghān Qāḍī shaykh ḥākim arḍ mubdhara arḍ/araḍī nahr/anhār sāqya araḍī (irrigation canal) kūra Mosque
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In IEDC since 20 May 2024 (IEDCID134)
2 Yarkand Collection at SOAS: Arabic No. 6 (Gronke II)
An order of the court concerning an intestacy.
Primary Language
Arabic (Arabic script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
March 1110
Tags: imām kalima Qāḍī shaykh ḥākim Dirham Siyāq (accountants’ abbreviations of numbers)
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In IEDC since 21 May 2024 (IEDCID137)
3 Yarkand Collection at SOAS: Arabic No. 5 (Gronke III)
A land sale contract in Arabic, with witness statements in Arabic and Old Uyghur written in both Arabic and Old Uyghur scripts
Primary Language
Arabic (Arabic script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
22 May 1121
Tags: Bismillāh (including abbrev) darak (claim) arḍ mubdhara arḍ/araḍī ashjār al-muthmara / ashjār ghayr al-muthmara kuram (vineyard) masīl māʾ nahr/anhār sāqya araḍī (irrigation canal) ḥamy (orchard) Dirham naqd Nishān balad Qariya ḥad/ḥudūd Mosque
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In IEDC since 22 May 2024 (IEDCID138)
4 Yarkand Collection at SOAS: Arabic No. 7 (Gronke IV)
Fragment of a document of appointment to guardianship.
Primary Language
Arabic (Arabic script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
31 December 1124
Tags: Bismillāh (including abbrev) imām Qāḍī shaykh ḥākim
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In IEDC since 22 May 2024 (IEDCID139)
5 Yarkand Collection at SOAS: Arabic No. 1 (Gronke V)
A land sale contract, with two of its Old Uyghur witness statements in Uyghur letters and one in Arabic script.
Primary Language
Arabic (Arabic script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
13 September 1135
Tags: Bismillāh (including abbrev) majlis arḍ/araḍī ashjār al-muthmara / ashjār ghayr al-muthmara bayr masīl māʾ nahr/anhār Dirham bayt ḥad/ḥudūd ꜥimara Mosque
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In IEDC since 17 Jun 2024 (IEDCID153)
6 Yarkand Collection at SOAS: Turki 4+5 (Erdal Doc. I)
The land sale contracts of the late eleventh century published here are important for several reasons. First, they are the oldest known legal documents written in Turkish. Very many Uighur-Turkish civil documents were found in the more eastern parts of the Tarim basin, but none of those appear to be older than the thirteenth century. the Persian...
Primary Language
Old Uyghur (Old Uyghur script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
September-October 1080
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In IEDC since 20 Jun 2024 (IEDCID154)
7 Yarkand Collection at SOAS: Turki 6 (Erdal Doc. II)
Three fragments of a document about a sale of land whose price and location are missing but were probably included in the original document. This is one of six land sale documents written in the late eleventh century, collected by Denison Ross, of which photos were kept at SOAS. Formally, these documents differ from the non-Muslim deeds of land...
Primary Language
Old Uyghur (Old Uyghur script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
May-June 1090
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In IEDC since 24 Jun 2024 (IEDCID155)
8 Yarkand Collection at SOAS: Turki 7 (Erdal Doc. III)
A fragment of a land sale document consisting of six witness statements. This is one of six land sale documents written in the late eleventh century, collected by Denison Ross, of which photos were kept at SOAS. Formally, these documents differ from the non-Muslim deeds of land sale in the collection, which according to Erdal follow Chinese...
Primary Language
Old Uyghur (Old Uyghur script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
Unknown
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In IEDC since 24 Jun 2024 (IEDCID156)
9 Yarkand Collection at SOAS: Turki 3 (Erdal Doc. IV)
A fragment of an almost complete land sale document concerning the sale of a grove for the price of 150 yarmaqs. This is one of six land sale documents written in the late eleventh century, collected by Denison Ross, of which photos were kept at SOAS. Formally, these documents differ from the non-Muslim deeds of land sale in the...
Primary Language
Old Uyghur (Old Uyghur script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
September-October 1090
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In IEDC since 08 Jul 2024 (IEDCID160)
10 Yarkand Collection at SOAS: Turki 1 continued (Erdal Doc. V)
Fragment of a land sale document consisting of 13 witness statements. According to Erdal, this document has a preceding Arabic text which was available to another editor but was lost by the time Erdal was writing. This is one of six land sale documents written in the late eleventh century, collected by Denison Ross, of which photos were kept at...
Primary Language
Old Uyghur (Old Uyghur script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
1080- Sep-Oct
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In IEDC since 08 Jul 2024 (IEDCID161)
11 Yarkand Collection at SOAS: Unknown Shelfmark (Erdal VI)
A modern transcription of a lost original land sale document written in the iqrār (acknowledgment) format regarding a plot of land in Sınmas sold for 1000 yarmaqs. Erdal's transcription of the text does not include the interlinear New Persian annotations. This is one of six land sale documents written in the late eleventh century,...
Primary Language
Old Uyghur (Arabic script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
June-July 1121
Tags: Bismillāh (including abbrev)
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In IEDC since 06 Feb 2025 (IEDCID1222)
12 Khalili Collection: DOC 151
Inventory list, probably detailing the personal belongings of a wealthy individual. There is a preponderance of fabrics, dye, jewels, clothing, footwear, farm animals and domestic utensils.
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
List or table (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
Unknown
Transcription Translation Transliteration
In IEDC since 06 Feb 2025 (IEDCID1223)
13 Khalili Collection: DOC 152, verso
Fragment of a legal document. One possible scenario is that it is a loan acknowledgement of 1,000 mann of grain given by Shujāʿ al-Dīn Ibrāhīm. The loan is valued at 30 dinars and 5.5 dāng. Another possibility is that the acknowledger borrowed 1,000 mann of grain and 30 dinars and 5.5 dāng. Only one witness...
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
Unknown
Transcription Translation Transliteration
In IEDC since 06 Feb 2025 (IEDCID1224)
14 Khalili Collection: DOC 41
An acknowledgement by a husband that he will restrain himself within sharīʿa-sanctioned conditions and not behave violently towards her. He also delegates the divorce right to his wife if he maltreats her.
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
October-November 1210
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In IEDC since 10 Feb 2025 (IEDCID1225)
15 Khalili Collection: DOC 152, recto (b)
Fragment containting the remains of two separate legal documents. This entry concerns a husbands testament about his wifes disappearance and possible adultery.
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
Unknown
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In IEDC since 10 Feb 2025 (IEDCID1226)
16 Khalili Collection: DOC 152, recto (a)
Fragment containing the remains of two separate legal documents. This entry concerns the payment for 10.5 donkey-loads of grain.
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
September 1203 - September 1204
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In IEDC since 10 Feb 2025 (IEDCID1227)
17 Khalili Collection: DOC 48
Dower (kābīn) agreement, in which the husband commits to pay five hundred dinars of Bāmiyān-minted official currency.
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
24 January 1202
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In IEDC since 25 Apr 2025 (IEDCID1253)
18 Khalili Collection: DOC 49
Legal acknowledgment deed concerning the sale of landed property by six sellers to a neighbour.
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
27 January 1200
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In IEDC since 25 Apr 2025 (IEDCID1254)
19 Khalili Collection: DOC 50, recto
An acknowledgement made by a mother to her son, that he has first refusal on the use of two plots of land, one manor house and a share of a mill. No financial transactions are implicated. The document seems to be a draft as it contains several scribal errors and lacks witness signatures that would be required to give it legal force.
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
01 March 1197
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In IEDC since 09 May 2025 (IEDCID1255)
20 Khalili Collection: DOC 50, verso
This is a marriage contract that determines the dower offered by the husband to his bride. The dower consists of 1,500 official silver dinars at a specified exchange rate. It appears that an additional element was added to the dower, namely a plot of land and three housing units in a place called Kamand-i Rāgh.
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
18 February 1198
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In IEDC since 19 May 2025 (IEDCID1258)
21 Khalili Collection: DOC 52
The third section of a talismanic scroll with 10 prayers to be recited for 10 ailments, includes nine headers in decorative frames drawing on the Qur'anic verse 9 (tawba, repentance) and possibly other verses that are illegible. See DOC 53 (section 1) DOC 54 (section 2).
Primary Language
Arabic (Arabic script)
Type
Paraliterary (Literature)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
Unknown
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In IEDC since 19 May 2025 (IEDCID1259)
22 Khalili Collection: DOC 53
The first section of a talismanic scroll with listings of the qualities of God in two different categories, and ending with the header of the Beautiful names of God continued on DOC 54 as part of the trio of folios. See DOC 54 (section 2) DOC 52 (section 3).
Primary Language
Arabic (Arabic script)
Type
Paraliterary (Literature)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
Unknown
Transcription Translation Transliteration
In IEDC since 19 May 2025 (IEDCID1260)
23 Khalili Collection: DOC 54
The second section of a talismanic scroll containing the 99 names of God, an invocation against arrow shots, the khātam (Solomonic seal?), the Throne verse Q. 2:255, and Q. 2:256, and a selection of invocations for warding off various diseases. See DOC 53 (section 1) DOC 52 (section 3).
Primary Language
Arabic (Arabic script)
Type
Paraliterary (Literature)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
Unknown
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In IEDC since 29 Jun 2025 (IEDCID1281)
24 British Library: Or.8212/166
This document contains a letter to an unknown associate, concerning a number of matters including trade in sheep and clothing, financial obligations, and correspondence delays. There are significant lacunae as a result of damage to the paper.
Primary Language
Judeo-Persian (Hebrew script)
Type
Letter (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
Unknown
Transcription Translation Transliteration
In IEDC since 29 Jun 2025 (IEDCID1282)
25 National Library of China: BH1-19
This document is a letter from Hakim to his brother Shawāfradar. The letter discusses family health, the receipt of a previous letter, the delivery and distribution of gifts (including perfume, silk, and food items) to local officials in exchange for sheep, logistical details of the transaction, and news of military events near Kashgar....
Primary Language
Judeo-Persian (Hebrew script)
Type
Letter (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
Unknown
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