Bactrian documents

Inventory of Bactrian manuscripts from Afghanistan

 

The following table gives an overview of the Bactrian documents from northern Afghanistan that date from when the Muslim armies conquered Rob and Samangān and established caliphal administrate powers there. All the documents are located in the Khalili Collection, London.

The metadata is drawn from the following sources:

Sims-Williams, Nicholas 2007. Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan II: Letters and Buddhist Texts. London.

— 2012. Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan I: Legal and Economic Documents, revised edition. London.

— 2012. Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan III: Plates. London.





Catalogue no.  Origin Content summary: Original date Date: C.E.
N Rob (Samingan) Undertaking to keep the peace 407 BE 629/9/11
Nn  Gozgan Contract for the purchase of an estate 436 BE 659/1/27
O Gozgan Undertaking to keep the peace 440 BE 662/8 or 9
jd Rob? Letter c.665
P Rob (Samingan) Contract for the purchase of a male slave 446 BE 669/1/4
Q Rob (Samingan) Contract for a loan of money 449 BE 671/7/30
R Gozgan Undertaking to keep the peace 452 BE 675/1/21
jg — Letter a bit earlier than 675 CE
zd — Buddist text after 675
S Gozgan Undertaking to keep the peace 470 BE 693/2/26
Ss Gozgan Contract for a loan of 100 drachmas 476 BE 698/5/31
T Kadagstan Deed of gift of an estate and of a female slave 478 BE 700/6 or 7
an Gozgan Receipt for a sum of money c.700
ji —— Letter not much earlier than 700
jj —— Letter not much earlier than 700
Tt Gozgan Deed of gift 478 BE 705/7/23
ag —— List of quantities of wine produced(?) by various named persons not much earlier than 705 CE
ai —— List of names and figures not much earlier than 705 CE
jf —— Draft or copy of two letters not much earlier than 705 CE
U Rob Contract for the lease of a vineyard 490 BE 712 or 713
Uu Gozgan  Undertaking to keep the peace 500 BE 722/9/7
Uv Khesh A contract of assigning a woman and her son to a man as his servants.  726/1/14
V Rob Contract for the purchase of an estate 507 BE 729/5 or 6
W Rob Contract for the purchase of an estate 525 BE 747/8 or 9 
X Kadagstan Undertaking to keep the peace 527 BE 750/3 or 4
Y  Kadagstan Judicial declaration in the form of an open
letter		 549 BE 771 or 772