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In IEDC since 02 Dec 2023 (IEDCID4)
1 Khalili Collection: DOC 116
This double document is a contract of purchase land. In order to pay a large amount of Arab poll-tax and harvest-tax and debts, Wurol and Hilitber, sons of Bah, and Wurol's son Zard sold Wahran and Mir, sons of Bek, a piece of land at the price of 60 silver Arab dirhams.
Primary Language
Bactrian (Greek-based script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Leather
Dates (CE)
August-September 747
Tags: coinage contract fine tax harvest vineyard bride price property witness estate
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In IEDC since 02 Dec 2023 (IEDCID18)
2 Khalili Collection: DOC 55
This double document is a contract of land purchase. Absih, Sor, Wakhsh-burd, and Meyam, the sons of Wahran, sold a property called the village of Zerd to Zar-yol, Bredag, and Sand at the price of 150 silver Arab dirhams
Primary Language
Bactrian (Greek-based script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Leather
Dates (CE)
May-June 729
Tags: coinage contract fine signature, seal bride price property estate
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In IEDC since 02 Dec 2023 (IEDCID24)
3 Khalili Collection: DOC 5
This document is a lease of vineyard made in Madr, modern Madr. The contract involves the sale of a slave, a plough-ox, and five sheep for the acquisition of the farming right of a vineyard called Wadam-stan. There are several stipulations on taxes attached to the contract.
Primary Language
Bactrian (Greek-based script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Leather
Dates (CE)
712-713
Tags: fine signature, seal farming equipment livestock vineyard property
Transcription Translation Transliteration
In IEDC since 31 Jan 2024 (IEDCID95)
4 National Library of Israel: Ms.Heb.8333.118 recto
A sheet from a ledger recording grain loans from the warehouse's granary in amounts large enough to indicate that the loans were directed at large estates.
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Administrative (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
Unknown
Tags: loan state warehouse tafṣīl (itemised list) warehouse grain kharbār (donkey-load) sipahsālār / sifahsālār mill
Transcription Translation Transliteration
In IEDC since 29 May 2024 (IEDCID140)
5 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
Transcription Translation Transliteration
In IEDC since 25 Jul 2024 (IEDCID164)
6 National Library of Israel: Ms.Heb.8333.219
A letter to a subordinate counterpart, possibly Abū Bakr Kalānisī, regarding a number of matters, including outstanding payments and requisitions, gardening and saddle making, and family affairs.
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Letter (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
Unknown
Tags: coinage textile muʿtamid naqīb nāʾib sittī women fruit grain household items amīn sarhang city
Transcription Translation Transliteration
In IEDC since 08 Sep 2024 (IEDCID235)
7 National Library of Israel: Ms.Heb.8333.89, verso
Letter sent to Bāmiyān concerning the transfer of sheep from the Bāmiyān area, through the Ghandaq area to an unknown destination.
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Administrative (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
Unknown
Tags: dafter (log) livestock naqīb sarhang
Transcription Translation Transliteration
In IEDC since 21 Oct 2024 (IEDCID265)
8 National Library of Israel: Ms.Heb.8333.89, recto
Letter that reports about battles near Wā(n)shān Valley.
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Administrative (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
Unknown
Tags: iqrār (acknowledgment) slave soldier enslaved people
Transcription Translation Transliteration
In IEDC since 11 Nov 2024 (IEDCID302)
9 National Library of Israel: Ms.Heb.8333.178
This appears to be a letter written by an agent of a lord, who has come to Bamiyan, regarding numerous amounts of coinage weighed in diram-sang, attributed to military and police officials. The sender informs that those were forcibly removed, possibly by two commanders and two soldiers. At the end of the letter, the sender mentions that...
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Letter (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
Unknown
Tags: coinage counterfeit coin textile dihqān khudāwand nawīsanda sarhang servant shiḥna slave soldier enslaved people
Transcription Translation Transliteration
In IEDC since 15 Nov 2024 (IEDCID311)
10 National Library of Israel: Ms.Heb.8333.67, recto
Draft letter sent by a certain Muḥammad to his father Maḥmūd, informing him that, although he has dispatched Muḥammad to [his father], he needs him back in Bāmiyān right away, re-emphasizing the urgency of the request in the margin.
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Letter (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
Unknown
Tags: khudāwand
Transcription Translation Transliteration
In IEDC since 20 Jan 2025 (IEDCID1144)
11 National Library of Israel: Ms.Heb.8333.144, recto
Three separate lists related to tax payments: the first and third lists detail tax payments from the village of Shūyā Wak, while the second list outlines payments owed to officials in Bamiyan in currency.
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Administrative (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
Unknown
Tags: coinage dhikr (document) dīwān tax grain clothing khudāwand nawīsanda shiḥna mann (unit of weight) village
Transcription Translation Transliteration
In IEDC since 23 Jan 2025 (IEDCID1152)
12 National Library of Israel: Ms.Heb.8333.149
The bottom half of a sheet containing fragments of three lists: 1) on the recto, an unidentified list recording amounts of currency; 2) on the verso, an unidentified list detailing quantities of bread and meat; 3) on verso, a record of awāriḍ transported to Bāmiyān, including butter and dried sour clotted milk, with a contribution from...
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Administrative (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
Unknown
Tags: coinage livestock dhikr (document) tax fruit grain mann (unit of weight) consumables
Transcription Translation Transliteration
In IEDC since 27 Jan 2025 (IEDCID1178)
13 National Library of Israel: Ms.Heb.8333.16
Copy of a legal document written by Amīrak b. Bā Yūsuf, the agent of Abū Naṣr Aḥmad b. Muḥammad in Bamiyan.
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
Unknown
Tags: khaṭṭ (deed) raʾīs wakīl
Transcription Translation Transliteration
In IEDC since 31 Jan 2025 (IEDCID1194)
14 National Library of Israel: Ms.Heb.8333.142, verso
Short list detailing the expenses of the writer's brother.
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
List or table (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
Unknown
Tags: coinage dafter (log) tax grain mann (unit of weight)
Transcription Translation Transliteration
In IEDC since 09 May 2025 (IEDCID1256)
15 Khalili Collection: DOC 51
This document records the court proceedings and the judge's ruling in a litigation case about a dispute on the ownership and use of a share in a mill. The claimant is a woman who is represented by a male guardian. The judge rules in favour of the defendant, who has brought two witnesses to support his claim that the woman's husband...
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
26 May 1212
Tags: coinage sale daʿwī (claim) legal formula property witness ḥaqq (obligation) tīr (share) women mill dihqān
Transcription Translation Transliteration
In IEDC since 07 Nov 2025 (IEDCID1308)
16 Private Collection: Kābīn-nāma
A legal document outlining the transaction by which the bride accepts her bride-price in the form of properties, valued at 3,000 dirhams. The document is signed by 17 witnesses.
Primary Language
New Persian (Arabic script)
Type
Legal (Document)
Writing Support
Paper
Dates (CE)
07 June 1078
Tags: coinage inheritance khaṭṭ (deed) fruit bride price darak ḍamān (guarantee against defect) legal formula marriage witness ḥujjat (document of proof) pāra (plot of land) tīr (share) sarhang sittī women canal city estate land river road village
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