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BH1-19

Title	BH1-19
Author	Nisi Chilag Abū Sahak Shawāfradar Issac Mushak Harun Khashak Khudenak Rabbi Hakim Shabilī the illegitimate Nūrbak David
Publication Place	- Z shouts Zhang
Type	Document
Language	Judeo-Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Library:	Invisible East Digital Corpus
Record ID	1282
Library Location	National Library of China
Notes	Zhan, Zhang. “Two Judaeo-Persian Letters from Eighth-Century Khotan” Bulletin of the Asia Institute 31, 2023. pp. 105–133. The IEDC translation and transcription have been taken from this publication Asefi, Nima. “An Old Letter from Khotan: A Review of an Early Judeo-Persian Letter Called Dandān-Uiliq II” Persica Antiqua 3 (4), 2023. pp. 49-60. Zhang Zhan, Shi Guang: "Dating and Interpretation of a Newly Discovered Jewish Persian Letter", Volume 11 of Dunhuang and Turfan Research, Shanghai: Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House, September 2009, pp. 71-100 Zhan, Zhang. "The Silk Road: A New History with Documents" The Silk Road: A New History with Documents. In V. Hansen (Ed.), 2016. Oxford University Press. pp. 381-382. Toyo Yoshida「コータンのユダヤ . ソグドBusinessman?」Yoshikazu Doi. Yasuki Akigazawa edited "Dunhuang. Turpan Documents の世とその时　　　　　 Tokyo: Toyo Bunko 2017/3, pp. 263-285. See 'How to Cite' (https://www.invisible-east.org/about/cite/)
Sample Text	This document is a letter from Hakim to his brother Shawāfradar. The letter discusses family health, the receipt of a previous letter, the delivery and distribution of gifts (including perfume, silk, and food items) to local officials in exchange for sheep, logistical details of the transaction, and news of military events near Kashgar.
Veri Kaynağı	The transcription and translation have been taken from a previous publication (see Publications)
Editör Ekibiyle İletişim	[email protected] (Please include the above permalink when contacting the editorial team about this Text) (mailto:[email protected]?subject=Invisible East Digital Corpus&body=This email relates to Text 1282 - https://www.invisible-east.org/corpus/1282/)
Sınıflandırma	Gold (given following external peer review through journal/book publication)
Gruplar	Unknown (https://www.invisible-east.org/corpus/?filter_fk_corpus=17)
IE Corpus'a Eklenme Tarihi	29/06/2025
IE Corpus'ta Son Güncellenme Tarihi	03/07/2025
IEDC Kimliği	1282
Katlama Çizgileri	1, horizontal (https://www.invisible-east.org/corpus/?filter_fk_fold_lines_alignment=1)

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BH1-19

Author Nisi Chilag Abū Sahak Shawāfradar Issac Mushak Harun Khashak Khudenak Rabbi Hakim Shabilī the illegitimate Nūrbak David

Publication Place - Z shouts Zhang

Type Document

Language Judeo-Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Library Invisible East Digital Corpus

Record ID 1282

Library Location National Library of China

Notes Zhan, Zhang. “Two Judaeo-Persian Letters from Eighth-Century Khotan” Bulletin of the Asia Institute 31, 2023. pp. 105–133. The IEDC translation and transcription have been taken from this publication Asefi, Nima. “An Old Letter from Khotan: A Review of an Early Judeo-Persian Letter Called Dandān-Uiliq II” Persica Antiqua 3 (4), 2023. pp. 49-60. Zhang Zhan, Shi Guang: "Dating and Interpretation of a Newly Discovered Jewish Persian Letter", Volume 11 of Dunhuang and Turfan Research, Shanghai: Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House, September 2009, pp. 71-100 Zhan, Zhang. "The Silk Road: A New History with Documents" The Silk Road: A New History with Documents. In V. Hansen (Ed.), 2016. Oxford University Press. pp. 381-382. Toyo Yoshida「コータンのユダヤ . ソグドBusinessman?」Yoshikazu Doi. Yasuki Akigazawa edited "Dunhuang. Turpan Documents の世とその时　　　　　 Tokyo: Toyo Bunko 2017/3, pp. 263-285. See 'How to Cite' (https://www.invisible-east.org/about/cite/)

Sample Text This document is a letter from Hakim to his brother Shawāfradar. The letter discusses family health, the receipt of a previous letter, the delivery and distribution of gifts (including perfume, silk, and food items) to local officials in exchange for sheep, logistical details of the transaction, and news of military events near Kashgar.

Veri Kaynağı The transcription and translation have been taken from a previous publication (see Publications)

Editör Ekibiyle İletişim [email protected] (Please include the above permalink when contacting the editorial team about this Text) (mailto:[email protected]?subject=Invisible East Digital Corpus&body=This email relates to Text 1282 - https://www.invisible-east.org/corpus/1282/)

Sınıflandırma Gold (given following external peer review through journal/book publication)

Gruplar Unknown (https://www.invisible-east.org/corpus/?filter_fk_corpus=17)

IE Corpus'a Eklenme Tarihi 29/06/2025

IE Corpus'ta Son Güncellenme Tarihi 03/07/2025

IEDC Kimliği 1282

Katlama Çizgileri 1, horizontal (https://www.invisible-east.org/corpus/?filter_fk_fold_lines_alignment=1)