The paper is focused on the study of Document Дх-18993 “Agreement on a
Bakery Lease to Li Chungou and others, drawn as a result of a contest of tenders
conducted in the 1st month of the 12th year of the Guangding reign era” kept in the
Institute of Oriental manuscripts of the RAS. The writer of the paper proves that the
document originates from Khara-Khoto and gives the comments on its content.
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