| Date | 720 AH, year of the Monkey, 8th day of the waning moon of the middle autumn month = 1320, Sultaniyya |
|---|---|
| Ilkhan | Abū Saʿīd (Busayid Baγatur qan) |
| Addressee | darughas, noyans and officials; the case of Shaykh Badr al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Maḥmūd (of the family of Shaykh Zāhid) |
| Type | decree (yarlïgh) |
| Script and language | Uyghur script, Mongolian; at the joins a red seal with a Chinese legend (the same as on the letter of Öljeitü of 1305); countersignatures on the verso |
| Material | paper, several glued sheets; 8 fragments preserved (Pelliot fig. 29–31) |
| Kept | Tehran, Musée de Téhéran |
| Discovery and first edition | published by P. Pelliot 1936 (Document III, in part); in full by F. W. Cleaves 1953; V. Minorsky 1954 |
| Text | transcription and translation in the corpus mongoliancorpus.org |
Contents
Edict restoring Shaykh Badr al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Maḥmūd to his father Shaykh Jamāl al-Dīn's place and to the waqf revenues of the hospice, seized by his brother Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad; officials and troops are forbidden to encroach on the property or exact lodging, relay animals and levies. Gilan, Dashtavand and Gushtasfi are mentioned.
Facsimiles
Literature (7)
- Pelliot P. (1936). Les documents mongols du Musée de Téhéran. PDF · 19.2 MB
- Cleaves F.W. (1953). The Mongolian Documents in the Musée de Téhéran. PDF · 11.2 MB
- Minorsky V. (1954). A Mongol Decree of 720/1320 to the Family of Shaykh Zāhid. PDF · 1.6 MB
- Cleaves F.W. (1955). Šaqid = Zah(i)d. PDF · 0.2 MB
- Ligeti L. (1972). Monuments préclassiques 1. XIIIe et XIVe siècles. PDF · 21.9 MB
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Source of the data: Pelliot 1936: 38, 41–44 (fig. 29–31); Cleaves 1953: 9–19, pl. I–II; Minorsky 1954; Ligeti 1972: 258–263; Mostaert & Cleaves 1962: 10 n. 33