| Date | year of the Sheep, 2nd day of the last autumn month = 1271 (autumn) |
|---|---|
| Ilkhan | Abaqa (Abaγa) |
| Addressee | merchants (ortaqs) subject to Elege; noyans, darughas; Amir Šigtür |
| Type | decree (copy of a decree: “j(a)rl(i)γ-un yosuγar”) |
| Script and language | Uyghur script, Mongolian |
| Material | paper; 22 lines; no seal |
| Kept | Ardabil, archive of the shrine of Shaykh Safi → Tehran (general indication by Herrmann 2004) |
| Discovery and first edition | photograph by W. Hinz; published by G. Doerfer 1975 (A 2) |
| Text | transcription and translation in the corpus mongoliancorpus.org |
Contents
"Abaga forbids soldiers, governors and commanders to oppress or rob the merchants subject to Elege, and orders the dues formerly paid to Elege to be sent annually, undiminished, to Šigtür. Offenders are threatened as ""fools, scoundrels and enemies of the state"". Written at Aqar."
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: 192–194 (description, text, translation), 240–243 (Tafeln A 2-1…A 2-3); Tumurtogoo 2006: 151–152