New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 15
A petition for a certain lord, titled Najm al-Dawla wal-Dīn, to pay for hay and barley to feed his personal horses. The two top lines of recto are unrelated to the letter, and concern sheep divided amongst the diwan and a local raʾīs.
- IEDC ID
- 251
- Type
- Administrative (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 2
- IEDC Input Date
- 30 Sep 2024
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 11
A petition sent by ʿUmar b. Īzadyār to Asad al-Dawla wal-Dīn. The petition concerns two outstanding payments owed to the muftī Awḥad al-Dīn by a certain malik al-umarā and Muḥammad the overseer.
- IEDC ID
- 252
- Type
- Letter (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 30 Sep 2024
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 4
A fragmentary letter sent to a high official, probably situated in Firuzkuh either at the time of Ghurid or Khwārazmshāhī rule. The writer has travelled to Firuzkuh several times but was denied access to the recipient. He wishes to return to Firuzkuh and might be seeking employment in the court.
- IEDC ID
- 253
- Type
- Letter (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 30 Sep 2024
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New Persian: Khalili Collection, DOC 39
This is an acknowledgement of a loan of 40 dīnārs that should be repaid in four months from the date of the issuance of the document. The document contains only one witness clause, suggesting that it might be a practice sheet or a draft.
- IEDC ID
- 254
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 30 Sep 2024
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New Persian: Khalili Collection, DOC 37
An acknowledgement of a land sale by a woman. Possibly issued at the order of the buyer.
- IEDC ID
- 255
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 30 Sep 2024
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New Persian: Khalili Collection, DOC 38
This is a land sale contract concerning 40 juft of land, i.e. 144,000 m2 in Istīw. The land being sold by Khwāja Abū Bakr was adjacent to the estates of his sons. Three of the seller's sons are witnesses. An additional note is inserted in the right margin by another hand, referring to the sale of another 22 juft...
- IEDC ID
- 257
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 2
- IEDC Input Date
- 30 Sep 2024
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 12
A fragment of land sale deed concerning 10 parcels of mountain land in the village of Tufandī near Ghandamīn (present-day Ghalmīn?). The format is standard for contemporary land sale deeds written in the region (see, e.g., Khalili 37, Khalili 38).
- IEDC ID
- 258
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 18 Oct 2024
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 13
An acknowledgment of a sale of land by ʿĀisha bt. Muḥammad to a certain Ḥasan b. al-Ḥusayn for the price of 15 Fīrūzkūhī gold dīnārs.
- IEDC ID
- 259
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 2
- IEDC Input Date
- 20 Oct 2024
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 14
A court record summarizing the proceedings of a sale of half of a yearling bull by a widow to the co-owner, and the transfer of the proceeds of the sale to her children by her nominated representative who is her brother. The document was handed to the buyer at the latter's request to protect him against any future claim by the previous...
- IEDC ID
- 260
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 2
- IEDC Input Date
- 20 Oct 2024
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 16
An acknowledgment of a sale of land by Zangī b. Ādam to qāḍī imām Awḥad al-Dīn Haybat Allāh b. Dāwud. The document is witnessed by 6 individuals.
- IEDC ID
- 261
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 20 Oct 2024
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 17
Acknowledgement deed concerning a debt of 60 mann of white barley, in the presence of five witnesses.
- IEDC ID
- 262
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 20 Oct 2024
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 18
A resolution of a dispute between two families regarding an overdue payment for work carried out over four years.
- IEDC ID
- 263
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 20 Oct 2024
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New Persian: Afghanistan National Archives, Firuzkuh 51
A list detailing the in-kind tithe (ʿushr) payments made by peasants from the village of Shāristay. The total sum (1,613 mann) of the tax payments is presented in the document's lower section bottom. The extant entries encompass a portion of the complete document. The amounts indicated in the document add up to 932...
- IEDC ID
- 264
- Type
- Administrative (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 2
- IEDC Input Date
- 20 Oct 2024
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New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.89, recto
Letter that reports about battles near Wā(n)shān Valley.
- IEDC ID
- 265
- Type
- Administrative (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 21 Oct 2024
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New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.37, recto
Note by ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar Tūlakī (?) to ṣadr-i ajall-i Jamāl al-Dīn [b.] Muḥammad [b.] Maḥmūd confirming delivery of 100 mann grain in accordance with ḥukm-i ḍimānī, and agreement to return to whoever (in admin) asks for it back.
- IEDC ID
- 266
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 21 Oct 2024
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New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.101, recto
Fragment of a letter mentioning the need to hand someone over to a high-ranking official titled ṣudūr-i jahān, after the former had seized the property of Muslims and of a certain Khusraw Khurdād. The wide line spacing and overall format of the letter suggest it was issued by a state official or within a diwan.
- IEDC ID
- 267
- Type
- Letter (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 21 Oct 2024
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New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.109, verso
Partly legible list of fabrics and their value in currency.
- IEDC ID
- 268
- Type
- None
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 21 Oct 2024
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New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.110, verso
A fragmentary list containing names of men and quantities measured in mann.
- IEDC ID
- 269
- Type
- Administrative (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 21 Oct 2024
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New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.114, recto
Fragment of a letter by a certain Muḥammad b. ʿAlī to Shujāʿ al-Dīn, mentioning Shujāʿ al-Dawla Muḥammad Khurūsh. For the same sender and recipient, see Ms.Heb.8333.120r.
- IEDC ID
- 271
- Type
- Letter (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 29 Oct 2024
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New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.156, recto
An acknowledgement of a monetary debt.
- IEDC ID
- 272
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 29 Oct 2024
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New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.163
Receipt for the delivery of 250 mann of wheat.
- IEDC ID
- 273
- Type
- Administrative (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 29 Oct 2024
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New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.46, recto
This looks like a balance sheet produced by a financial administrator that lists amounts of in-kind tax contributions made by local representatives to the storehouse manager (anbār-dār, recto, l.3), and the remaining amounts still due by individuals in the areas of Sūya Wak.
- IEDC ID
- 274
- Type
- Administrative (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 29 Oct 2024
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New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.46, verso
This looks like a balance sheet produced by a financial administrator that lists amounts of in-kind tax contributions made by local representatives to the storehouse manager (anbār-dār, recto, l.3), and the remaining amounts still due by individuals in the areas of Rubāṭ, Sarī Gudhar and Ghārmikh (?).
- IEDC ID
- 275
- Type
- Administrative (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 29 Oct 2024
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New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.61, recto
An employment contract in which Zangī, the gold-thread embroiderer (zar-dūz), hires an apprentice. The contract is dated 1 Muḥarram 604/4 August 1207 and valid for one year.
- IEDC ID
- 276
- Type
- Legal (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 29 Oct 2024
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New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.61, verso
Letter concerning an outstanding debt.
- IEDC ID
- 277
- Type
- Letter (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 29 Oct 2024
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New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.79, recto
Fragment of a document, perhaps a receipt, mentioning barāts and a certain commodity weighed in mann. Based on the handwriting, it is reasonable to assume that the document was issued by Abū Bakr b. ʿUmar.
- IEDC ID
- 278
- Type
- Administrative (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 04 Nov 2024
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New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.79, verso
This is a barāt document, which is a certificate of quittance, or receipt, which the warehouse gave to the taxpayer in return for what he has handed over. On the term barāt, see Bosworth, Abū ʿAbdallāh al-Khwārazmī on the Technical Terms of the Secretarys Art: A Contribution to the Administrative History of...
- IEDC ID
- 279
- Type
- Administrative (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 04 Nov 2024
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New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.90
The beginning of an official decree addressed to a certain Zayn al-Dīn.
- IEDC ID
- 280
- Type
- Administrative (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 04 Nov 2024
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New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.218
A short letter referred to as khidmat, from the residents of the village of Rām (?) to Shujāʿ al-Dawla wal-Dīn ʿAlī. The senders inform the recipient that their oxen are very weak and cannot come to the field, probably in order to plough the land. They therefore ask him to find another solution.
- IEDC ID
- 281
- Type
- Letter (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 04 Nov 2024
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New Persian: National Library of Israel, Ms.Heb.8333.22
Fragment of a letter, which is difficult to decipher. The sender seems to explain why the proceeds from a sale hadn't yet reached the lord whom he addresses in the letter. The sender adds that he has sold straw, firewood, donkeys and a cow in exchange for grain, asking the lord to retrieve from his brother the amount due. A second...
- IEDC ID
- 282
- Type
- Letter (Document)
- Number of Folios
- 1
- IEDC Input Date
- 04 Nov 2024
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