Six Seals on the Verso of Čoban’s Decree of 726 AH/1326 CE

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doi:10.5356/orient.50.35

Special Issue: Multilingual Documents and Multiethnic Society in Mongol-Ruled Iran

Six Seals on the Verso of Čoban’s Decree of 726 AH/1326 CE

Dai MATSUI

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Keywords: Uigur script, seals, countersign, chancellery system, Ilkhanid

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2015 Volume 50 Pages 35-39

DOI https://doi.org/10.5356/orient.50.35

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Abstract

This paper presents a decipherment of six seals stamped on the verso side of a Persian decree issued by the Ilkhanid amīr Čoban in 726 AH/1326 CE. It can be assumed that those seals, stamped for validation of the decree, belong to the Ilkhanid leading vassals. Identifying holders of the seals would assist historical research of the Ilkhanid chancellery system.

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1.Fund name: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

2.Fund name: Toyota Foundation

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