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Book/Printed Material Niẓāmnāmah-ʼi muʻāmalāt-i Nahr-i Razzāq-i samt-i shimālī نظامنامۀ معاملات نهر رزاق سمت شمالى

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Title

  • Niẓāmnāmah-ʼi muʻāmalāt-i Nahr-i Razzāq-i samt-i shimālī

Other Title

  • نظامنامۀ معاملات نهر رزاق سمت شمالى

Summary

  • Afghan government's regulations related to Razzaq canal, an irrigation project in northern Afghanistan.
  • Niẓāmnāmah-ʼi mu'āmilāt-i nahr-i razzāq-i samt-i shumālī (Bylaws regulating the transactions regarding the Razzaq Stream, Northern Quarter) is a collection of ordinances pertaining to the construction of a canal to the northeast of Kabul, in what is today the Kapisa Province of Afghanistan. It was published by the Majlis-i 'ali-yi vuzara (Office for the Publications of the Cabinet) on February 14, 1924, in 500 copies. The religious associations with the term razzaq (provider) are highlighted by the invocation of God as the provider in the opening of this document. In the introduction we read that the purpose of the construction of the canal was to divert the water of the Panjshir, Shutul, Salang, and Ghorband rivers for agricultural purposes, and that the estimated expense for the entire project was 1.1 million Kabuli rupees. The irrigated area fed by the canal was estimated as 1,000 jarīb (202 hectares) and land was to be provided at zero or low cost to the needy residents of the region as well as other poor citizens of Afghanistan. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Afghanistan

Created / Published

  • [Afghanistan] : Maṭbaʻ-i Dāʼirah-ʼi Taḥrīrāt-i Majlis-i ʻĀlī-i Vuzarā, 1302 [1923 or 1924]

Headings

  • -  Irrigation canals and flumes--Afghanistan
  • -  Irrigation laws--Afghanistan
  • -  Afghanistan
  • -  Razzaq Canal

Notes

  • -  Imperial seal of Amir of Afghanistan, Amanullah Khan, dated 1301 [1922 or 1923] is stamped at page 15.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  In Persian.
  • -  Acquired for LC only.

Medium

  • 15 pages ; 17 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KNF3058 .A34 1923

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2002344679

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Persian Language Manuscript Project are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Persian Manuscript Collection

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Chicago citation style:

Afghanistan. Niẓāmnāmah-ʼi muʻāmalāt-i Nahr-i Razzāq-i samt-i shimālī. [Afghanistan: Maṭbaʻ-i Dāʼirah-ʼi Taḥrīrāt-i Majlis-i ʻĀlī-i Vuzarā, 1923 or 1924, 1923] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2002344679/.

APA citation style:

Afghanistan. (1923) Niẓāmnāmah-ʼi muʻāmalāt-i Nahr-i Razzāq-i samt-i shimālī. [Afghanistan: Maṭbaʻ-i Dāʼirah-ʼi Taḥrīrāt-i Majlis-i ʻĀlī-i Vuzarā, 1923 or 1924] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2002344679/.

MLA citation style:

Afghanistan. Niẓāmnāmah-ʼi muʻāmalāt-i Nahr-i Razzāq-i samt-i shimālī. [Afghanistan: Maṭbaʻ-i Dāʼirah-ʼi Taḥrīrāt-i Majlis-i ʻĀlī-i Vuzarā, 1923 or 1924, 1923] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2002344679/>.