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This paper edits and analyzes a document titled Ṣarīḥ'ol-melk va'l-vaqf, dated 1519, which concerns the holy shrine of Aḥmad b. Mūsā al-Kāẓim (d. 817 or 818), known as the Aḥmadiyye or Shāh Cherāgh. It is one of the most important shrines in modern-day Iran and is located in Shiraz. In the first half of the 16th century, Mīrzā Ḥabīb'ollāh Sharīfī, the grand qadi of Shiraz and the custodian of the shrine, renovated the shrine, built a madrasa, and endowed it with the waqf that is the subject of the Ṣarīḥ'ol-melk va'l-vaqf document. This paper presents a critical edition of the document, which has never been referred to in previous studies and is preserved in the archives of the Waqf Organization in Tehran. This paper further analyzes and compares the document with other sources, including those contained in the manuscript related to the waqfs of the Shāh Cherāgh shrine and a copy of an epigraph dated 1540.
These documents reveal how a local notable like Mīrzā Ḥabīb'ollāh in southern Iran reacted to the establishment of a new dynasty, the Safavids, and the introduction of a new creed, Twelver Shiʿism, in the early 16th century. Furthermore, in terms of Persian diplomatics, the document provides evidence for ṣarīh'ol-melks (the property inventory) in the early Safavid period, while the only other instance of such evidence comes from Sheykh Ṣafī al-Dīn’s shrine in Ardabīl. In this regard, the edition of this document contributes to the history of Persian documents in Iran.
