| Date | year of the Pig, 7th day of the last summer month — according to Doerfer, probably 1287 (Qongqur Öleng) |
|---|---|
| Ilkhan | Arγun — Doerfer’s attribution is tentative |
| Addressee | unknown (the names Bolad, Ašitu aduγuči, Bauvas, Buqa, Muγtar, Turan, Bübeg are preserved) |
| Type | decree (yarlïgh), fragment |
| Script and language | Uyghur script, Mongolian; seal; on the verso, endorsements (parwana) of several amirs |
| Material | sheet 42 × 16.7 cm; the Mongolian yarlïgh serves as a backing for a Persian deed of sale of 744/1343 pasted over it; remains of 12 lines and a seal are visible |
| Kept | Ardabil (A. H. Morton’s inventory, no. 132) → Tehran (general indication by Herrmann 2004) |
| Discovery and first edition | published by G. Doerfer 1975 (A 3) from a photograph by B. Fragner; the document still needs to be detached from the Persian deed of sale by restoration |
| Text | transcription and translation in the corpus mongoliancorpus.org |
Contents
Only scattered words and the dating clause survive; the subject is unclear. Doerfer dates it to 1287 on the basis of the emirs named (Bolad, Ašitu), known under Arghun.
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: 205–207, 244–248; Tumurtogoo 2006: 152