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An Arabic document. The document is a tax receipt issued by al-Hasan ibn Farrukh, a financial administrator of the governor Ghalib, whose jurisdiction extended over the districts of Madr and Rizm. The document confirms that al-Hasan ibn Farrukh had received two dirhams and four danaqs from Qarawal ibn Mir, the sum the latter owed in the citadel of Yaskin and Gandar with regard to the kharaj for the year 153 AH. The bulla has the impression of a blank seal.
Title
Tax Quittance for Qarawal ibn Mir
Date
AD 772
Medium
ink on light-coloured parchment with bulla of khaki-coloured clay
Accession number
704
Work type
Drawing