| Date | 1265/6 (Doerfer’s dating) |
|---|---|
| Ilkhan | Abaqa (Abaγa) |
| Addressee | darughachis (daruγas) and bitikchis; the case of Amir Elege |
| Type | decree (yarlïgh), fragment; possibly a copy |
| Script and language | Uyghur script, Mongolian |
| Material | paper; 16 lines, beginning and end lost; no seal |
| Kept | Ardabil, archive of the shrine of Shaykh Safi (dīn-xāna / Chini-khana); the Ardabil documents were later transferred to Tehran (National Museum of Iran, Islamic department / central archive of the Sāzmān-i awqāf) — general indication by Herrmann 2004 |
| Discovery and first edition | found in Ardabil in 1970 (collection discovered by G. Herrmann); photograph by W. Hinz; published by G. Doerfer 1975 (A 1) |
| Text | transcription and translation in the corpus mongoliancorpus.org |
Contents
"Elege (an ancestor of the Jalayirids) reported to ""our good father"" (Hülegü) that merchant partners (ortoq) trading among his people and reclaiming wasteland were being oppressed by soldiers, governors and commanders. Citing his father's earlier edict forbidding violence, the khan orders a return to the former practice."
Facsimiles
Literature (2)
- Doerfer G. (1975). Mongolica aus Ardabīl. PDF · 10.9 MB
- Tumurtogoo D. (ed.), Cecegdari G. (2006). Mongolian Monuments in Uighur-Mongolian Script (XIII–XVI Centuries). Introduction, Transcription and Bibliography. PDF · 31.0 MB
Source of the data: Doerfer 1975: 190–192 (Beschreibung, Transkription, Übersetzung), 237–239 (Tafeln); Tumurtogoo 2006: 150