Inventory of Bactrian manuscripts from Afghanistan
The following table gives an overview of the Bactrian documents from northern Afghanistan that date from when the Muslim armies conquered Rob and Samangān and established caliphal administrate powers there. All the documents are located in the Khalili Collection, London.
The metadata is drawn from the following sources:
Sims-Williams, Nicholas 2007. Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan II: Letters and Buddhist Texts. London.
- 2012. Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan I: Legal and Economic Documents, revised edition. London.
- 2012. Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan III: Plates. London.
| Catalogue no. | Origin | Content summary: | Original date | Date: C.E. |
| N | Rob (Samingan) | Undertaking to keep the peace | 407 BE | 629/9/11 |
| Nn | Gozgan | Contract for the purchase of an estate | 436 BE | 659/1/27 |
| O | Gozgan | Undertaking to keep the peace | 440 BE | 662/8 or 9 |
| jd | Rob? | Letter | c.665 | |
| P | Rob (Samingan) | Contract for the purchase of a male slave | 446 BE | 669/1/4 |
| Q | Rob (Samingan) | Contract for a loan of money | 449 BE | 671/7/30 |
| R | Gozgan | Undertaking to keep the peace | 452 BE | 675/1/21 |
| jg | - | Letter | a bit earlier than 675 CE | |
| zd | - | Buddist text | after 675 | |
| S | Gozgan | Undertaking to keep the peace | 470 BE | 693/2/26 |
| Ss | Gozgan | Contract for a loan of 100 drachmas | 476 BE | 698/5/31 |
| T | Kadagstan | Deed of gift of an estate and of a female slave | 478 BE | 700/6 or 7 |
| an | Gozgan | Receipt for a sum of money | c.700 | |
| ji | -- | Letter | not much earlier than 700 | |
| jj | -- | Letter | not much earlier than 700 | |
| Tt | Gozgan | Deed of gift | 478 BE | 705/7/23 |
| ag | -- | List of quantities of wine produced(?) by various named persons | not much earlier than 705 CE | |
| ai | -- | List of names and figures | not much earlier than 705 CE | |
| jf | -- | Draft or copy of two letters | not much earlier than 705 CE | |
| U | Rob | Contract for the lease of a vineyard | 490 BE | 712 or 713 |
| Uu | Gozgan | Undertaking to keep the peace | 500 BE | 722/9/7 |
| Uv | Khesh | A contract of assigning a woman and her son to a man as his servants. | 726/1/14 | |
| V | Rob | Contract for the purchase of an estate | 507 BE | 729/5 or 6 |
| W | Rob | Contract for the purchase of an estate | 525 BE | 747/8 or 9 |
| X | Kadagstan | Undertaking to keep the peace | 527 BE | 750/3 or 4 |
| Y | Kadagstan | Judicial declaration in the form of an open letter |
549 BE | 771 or 772 |
