Judicial Declaration in the Form of an Open Letter

Image credit: The Khalili Collections

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A Bactrian document – recto: 27 lines, and verso: blank. A perfectly-preserved rectangular document; the fourth line and the latter part of the third line are inset. One sealing is attached at the bottom left of the document by a short thong threaded through the document, which is reinforced at this point with a rectangular leather patch. The document relates to Mir son of Bek (Mir ibn Bek) and his brother Bab, both of whom are mentioned in a number of the Arabic documents from Khurasan in the Khalili Collection.

The Khalili Collections

London

Title

Judicial Declaration in the Form of an Open Letter

Date

549 AH (AD 771–AD 772)

Medium

ink on leather with clay sealing

Accession number

717

Work type

Drawing

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The Khalili Collections

London, Greater London England

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