Description

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 ...