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A pre-Mongol New Persian legal document from Islamic Khurāsān dated ah 608/1212 ce.

Authors :
Bhalloo, Zahir
Source :
Bulletin of the School of Oriental & African Studies. Oct2023, Vol. 86 Issue 3, p465-483. 19p.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

Since the 1990s several caches of New Persian documents have come to light in Afghanistan. These documents, written on paper, are now the most significant sources for understanding how New Persian in Arabic script was used as an administrative and legal language in the eastern Islamic lands between the eleventh and early thirteenth centuries before the Mongol conquest of Khurāsān. After a brief survey of the three main collections in which these New Persian paper documents are preserved today, this article presents a preliminary edition, translation and commentary on one of the New Persian documents held in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art. The document, dated ah 608/1212 ce, is a record of court proceedings and the decision of a judge (qāḍī) in a lawsuit over water rights initiated by a woman. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0041977X
Volume :
86
Issue :
3
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Bulletin of the School of Oriental & African Studies
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
174600426
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X23000745