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Witness signatures on the Quilon Syrian copper plates of 849

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Witness signatures on the Quilon Syrian copper plates of 849

Place
Kollam
DocumentInscription

Drawn facsimile of a plate of the Quilon (Tharisapalli) copper plates of 849, with witnesses' signatures in Kufic Arabic, Pahlavi and Hebrew scripts. The plates record a royal grant of land and privileges to the church of the Syrian Christian leader Maruvan Sapir Iso near Kollam. Published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society in 1843.

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Source

Wikimedia Commons (from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol. 7, 1843)

W. Morley (publication) · Public domain

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