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Tax Quittance for Meham al-Bamiyani

DOC 31 [AR 2] | Khurasan | dated Jumada al-’ula 153

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Title: Tax Quittance for Meham al-Bamiyani

Date: dated Jumada al-’ula 153

Location: Khurasan

Materials: ink on light-brown parchment; bulla of red clay

Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.3cm

Accession Number: DOC 31 [AR 2]

Other Notes:

Arabic document.

The document is a tax receipt issued by al-Harith ibn ‘Abdallah, a financial administrator of the governor ‘Abdallah ibn al-Jarud, whose jurisdiction extended over the districts of Madr and Rizm.

The document confirms that al-Harith ibn ‘Abdallah had received 2 dirhams from Meham al-Bamiyani, the sum the latter owed with regard to the kharaj, and the portions linked to it, for the years 148–51 AH.

The seal impression on the bulla reads, ‘al-Harith ibn ‘Abd Allah’.

Bibliography:

G. Khan, Arabic Documents from Early Islamic Khurasan, Studies in the Khalili Collection, volume V, London 2007, no.23, pp.136–7.

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