Draft (barāt) regarding fodder and hay Fodder The response to the holder of the office (sarkār) of vizier, the dignity sheltering Mirza Sadiq of ???? dated the month of so-and-so of 1130 AH (1718 CE) of the year of the ram (ki/qūy), equivalent to a donkey-load head of hay or a [donkey-load] head of fodder And give it to Piraruq whereby its price will be as agreed, one hundred Dinars ???
This was written in the month of Jumāda al-Awwal, the year of nine hundred and eighty-two [982 AH / 1574 CE] from the migration of the prophet, praise and commendation be unto him.
Copy (surat) of rental agreement (ijāra nāma) of a Land Grant (soyurghāl) The Sayyid-sheltering Murād Khan son of Shayid-ī Khan Safavī resident of the village of Īrdmūsā legally (shar’ī) reconciled and contracted out to the felicity and nobility sheltering, dignity and guardianship outfitted Qīyā Beg Safavi the entirety and complete proceeds of [his] soyurghāl, the location [of which] is half a zawj [land that can be plowed by one bull each season] with the bulls (awāmīl) known as the bulls (gāv) ??? of Isma’īl [ or “known as the kavkand of Ismā’īl”] son of Barām, from the territories of the aforementioned village, that need not be described and bound, from the beginning of this year of the ram (qūy), 1127 AH / 1715 CE, for the duration of eight complete years to be received by the aforementioned Qīyā Beg as given by the aforementioned Murād Khan. [It is written] by his own legal acknowledgement.
Confirmation Certificate (tasdīq-i daftari) Allowances (marsum)? The Year of the Ram, Hasan Jilūdār, who [entered] in a three-year contract? for the rent of a copper mine located in Buna Bar as delineated below, it is established that the bailiff (zābit) and the renter pay? the mentioned sum (vajh) in the customary manner. In such-and-such year the amount of such-and-such Tabrīzī Tūmān. Written? Such-and-such month of the year 1120 AH / 1708 CE.
This is a test hand. The date was unknown, but estimated to be in the 18th century. Date was entered as a range from 1700 to 1799 to see how that works.
One anonymous owner records an inscription on the bottom left margin of Kazem’s text in red ink, probably dating to the 18th century, unambiguously describes habits of reading and writing in this anthology.
